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Muslim / Sufi
19th Century

About Mirza Ghalib

Timeline (1797 - 1869)

 Mirza Ghalib, Mirza Ghalib poetry, Muslim / Sufi, Muslim / Sufi poetry, poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, poetry

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English version by
Riaz Ahmad

Original Language
Urdu
These divine verses,

Themes
  Eternal Life
  Night
  Silence
  Sound
  Stillness

 

Recommended Books

East Window: Poems from Asia, Translated by W. S. Merwin
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Lightning Should Have Fallen on Ghalib, by Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib / Translated by Robert Bly
Mirza Ghalib: A Creative Biography, by Natalia Il'inichna Prigarina
The Oxford India Ghalib: Life, Letters and Ghazals, by Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib / Edited by Ralph Russel

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These divine verses,
As I write
Are
The hallowed revelations
Descending
From on high
The sound of the scribe's pen
In the stillness of the night is indeed
The heavenly muse
Uttering her immortal words

 

 

 

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