❝I had thought everything in love would be easy
But love showed that the paths are hard❞
But love showed that the paths are hard❞
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1723–1810📍 Agra, India
Mir Taqi Mir
میر تقی میر
Ghazal
66Shayaris
8Categories
1419.7kTotal Likes
3954kTotal Views
📖 About the Poet
Mir Muhammad Taqi Mir, popularly known as 'Mir', is considered the greatest Urdu poet of the 18th century. Called the 'God of Poetry' (Khuda-e-Sukhan), he wrote about love, loss, and the human condition with unmatched simplicity and emotional depth.
📚 Famous Works
Kulliyat-e-Mir (6 Divans)Nikaat-ush-Shu'araZikr-e-Mir
✨ Famous Couplet
"पत्ता पत्ता बूटा बूटा हाल हमारा जाने है"— Mir Taqi Mir
✍️ Shayaris by Mir Taqi Mir(66)
❤️Mohabbat⭐ Featured
❝Every leaf, every plant knows the state that I am in,
the flower alone may not know, but the whole garden has always been.❞
the flower alone may not know, but the whole garden has always been.❞
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🔗❝The desire to meet you is boundless
But in my heart is the fear that you might leave❞
But in my heart is the fear that you might leave❞
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🔗❝O Mir, who can escape from those half-drunk eyes
I have seen many a soul lost while merely gazing❞
I have seen many a soul lost while merely gazing❞
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🔗❝I keep a picture of you in my heart
Which I look at daily and live on❞
Which I look at daily and live on❞
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🔗❝Like a beggar I came, called out, and went my way,
Stay happy, my friend — I leave you a prayer today.❞
Stay happy, my friend — I leave you a prayer today.❞
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🔗❝What can I say of the softness of her lips—
like a single petal of a rose.❞
like a single petal of a rose.❞
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🔗❝Mir's poetry is a whisper
written by drowning in a river of sorrow❞
written by drowning in a river of sorrow❞
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🔗❝You appeared before me in such a way that I lost myself
you left, taking me away even from my own self❞
you left, taking me away even from my own self❞
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🔗❝Without you there is no evening
Without you there is no morning❞
Without you there is no morning❞
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🔗❝Burning and burning in love's fire
another night has passed❞
another night has passed❞
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🔗❝After you looked into my eyes that once
Every night sleep has gone❞
Every night sleep has gone❞
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🔗❝When the talk of sorrow began
The heart's words remained unspoken within❞
The heart's words remained unspoken within❞
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🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝One girl robbed Mir of both faith and heart,
What grace she had, what simplicity.❞
What grace she had, what simplicity.❞
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🔗❝The veil is slipping slowly from her face
As if the moon itself is rising, slowly, slowly❞
As if the moon itself is rising, slowly, slowly❞
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🔗❝Now I depart from this temple of idols, Mir
we shall meet again, if God so brings it to pass❞
we shall meet again, if God so brings it to pass❞
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🔗❝My existence is like a bubble—
this show of life is like a mirage.❞
this show of life is like a mirage.❞
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🔗❝Every leaf, every blade of grass knows my condition
Maybe the rose does not know, but the whole garden knows❞
Maybe the rose does not know, but the whole garden knows❞
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🔗❝Not everything reveals itself in tulip and rose
what forms lie hidden in the dust, none truly knows❞
what forms lie hidden in the dust, none truly knows❞
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🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝Why ask now of Mir's faith and religion,
He drew a tilak, sat in the temple, long ago abandoned faith.❞
He drew a tilak, sat in the temple, long ago abandoned faith.❞
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🔗❝All my remedies backfired, no medicine had effect,
see how this sickness of the heart finally finished me off.❞
see how this sickness of the heart finally finished me off.❞
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🔗❝Do not ignore this poor heart's plea, turning away your eyes with sweet words,
for I cannot bear this separation, my love — why not draw me close to your heart.❞
for I cannot bear this separation, my love — why not draw me close to your heart.❞
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🔗❝You appeared before me in such a way that I lost myself,
you left, taking me away even from my own self.❞
you left, taking me away even from my own self.❞
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🔗❝The veil slips slowly from her face, so slowly—
like the sun rising slowly, slowly.❞
like the sun rising slowly, slowly.❞
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🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝All my remedies went in vain, no medicine worked at all,
In the end this disease of the heart finished everything.❞
In the end this disease of the heart finished everything.❞
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🔗❝All my remedies backfired, no medicine worked at all
See how this sickness of the heart finished me in the end❞
See how this sickness of the heart finished me in the end❞
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🔗❝This is only love's beginning, why do you already weep,
just wait and watch what more is yet to come.❞
just wait and watch what more is yet to come.❞
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🔗❝This is just the beginning of love, why do you weep
Wait and watch what unfolds ahead❞
Wait and watch what unfolds ahead❞
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🔗❝I have become you, and you have become me, I have become the body, you the soul
So that none may say hereafter, that you and I are different❞
So that none may say hereafter, that you and I are different❞
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🔗❝I kept burning like a candle
And kept living on your path❞
And kept living on your path❞
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🔗❝Mir too has his pair of tearful eyes
Ghalib has his share too, but lacks not in love❞
Ghalib has his share too, but lacks not in love❞
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🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝Look, it rises from the heart, from the very soul
where else could this smoke be rising from❞
where else could this smoke be rising from❞
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🔗❝Khusrau, on the wedding night, awake beside my beloved
My body is mine, my heart is his—both became one colour❞
My body is mine, my heart is his—both became one colour❞
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🔗❝I live by their name alone
That name which resides in my heart❞
That name which resides in my heart❞
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🔗❝You took away my very identity by locking your eyes with mine
Making me drink the wine of love, you left me utterly intoxicated❞
Making me drink the wine of love, you left me utterly intoxicated❞
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🔗❝This is just the beginning of love — why do you weep
Wait and see what lies ahead❞
Wait and see what lies ahead❞
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🔗❝My only lord is Giridhar Gopal, none other
He who wears the peacock crown, he alone is my husband❞
He who wears the peacock crown, he alone is my husband❞
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🔗❝Every leaf and every plant knows my condition well,
the flower may not know — but the whole garden can tell.❞
the flower may not know — but the whole garden can tell.❞
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🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝Why now ask of Mir's faith and religion?
Long ago he drew the tilak, sat in the temple, and left Islam behind.❞
Long ago he drew the tilak, sat in the temple, and left Islam behind.❞
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🔗❤️Mohabbat⭐ Featured
❝Every leaf, every blade of grass knows the state of my heart,
The flower alone may not know — but the whole garden does.❞
The flower alone may not know — but the whole garden does.❞
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🔗❝Why speak of the heart's desolation —
this city has been plundered and rebuilt a hundred times.❞
this city has been plundered and rebuilt a hundred times.❞
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🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝Love cannot be forced, it is that flame, O Ghalib,
That cannot be kindled at will nor quenched at your will.
Someone should come to the beloved's gathering tonight,
Until my tears neither wet nor fail to wet this plight.❞
That cannot be kindled at will nor quenched at your will.
Someone should come to the beloved's gathering tonight,
Until my tears neither wet nor fail to wet this plight.❞
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🔗❝We knew love was not easy —
but we had to walk this path, and we walked.
The destination was not found — it was not found —
but memories were found, and the heart carried them away.❞
but we had to walk this path, and we walked.
The destination was not found — it was not found —
but memories were found, and the heart carried them away.❞
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🔗❝This is merely the beginning of love — why do you weep?
Wait and see what lies further ahead.❞
Wait and see what lies further ahead.❞
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🔗❝What shall I say of the heart's desolation —
this city has fallen asleep, a ruined abode.
I weep over this broken heart —
What a level of depth Mir speaks from.❞
this city has fallen asleep, a ruined abode.
I weep over this broken heart —
What a level of depth Mir speaks from.❞
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🔗❝Look at this heart, rising from the very soul,
Where does this smoke come from, taking its toll?❞
Where does this smoke come from, taking its toll?❞
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🔗❤️Mohabbat⭐ Featured
❝Love, O Mir, is a heavy stone indeed,
When will you be able to lift it and be freed.
If the ground beneath your feet is firm and near,
And you have a hand to hold, what is there to fear.❞
When will you be able to lift it and be freed.
If the ground beneath your feet is firm and near,
And you have a hand to hold, what is there to fear.❞
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🔗❝Mustard flowers bloom in every grove, blooming in every grove,
mango buds burst, palash flowers bloom, the koel sings from branch to branch.❞
mango buds burst, palash flowers bloom, the koel sings from branch to branch.❞
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🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝I loved, and so bore pain — yes, even that will be remembered,
The kohl of her eyes will leave a mark on my heart, forever tendered.❞
The kohl of her eyes will leave a mark on my heart, forever tendered.❞
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🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝Why weep at love's first beginning here,
Wait and see what lies ahead, my dear.❞
Wait and see what lies ahead, my dear.❞
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🔗❝Why do you weep, O Mir, what will weeping achieve,
What has passed will not return, you must believe.
Wipe your tears and step forward brave and new,
Life will call you at every turn anew.❞
What has passed will not return, you must believe.
Wipe your tears and step forward brave and new,
Life will call you at every turn anew.❞
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🔗❝You took away my very identity, just by meeting my eyes
You spoke the unspeakable, just by meeting my eyes❞
You spoke the unspeakable, just by meeting my eyes❞
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🔗❝All remedies have gone wrong, no medicine worked in the end,
This sickness of the heart has finally come to its intended end.❞
This sickness of the heart has finally come to its intended end.❞
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🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝Every leaf and every blade of grass knows my state so dear,
If the flower may not know, the whole garden is aware.❞
If the flower may not know, the whole garden is aware.❞
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🔗❝What to say of the tenderness of her lips,
Like a petal of the rose it slips.
Mir, in those half-open eyes of hers,
All the intoxication of wine stirs.❞
Like a petal of the rose it slips.
Mir, in those half-open eyes of hers,
All the intoxication of wine stirs.❞
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🔗❝Who can describe the state of Mir's verse,
Who can say what measure of lament it's worth?
I had wished to tell her, but alas, in her face,
Who can reveal these secrets in that place?❞
Who can say what measure of lament it's worth?
I had wished to tell her, but alas, in her face,
Who can reveal these secrets in that place?❞
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🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝Don't think my wandering is effortless,
This very pain has made my name.❞
This very pain has made my name.❞
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🔗❝All remedies failed and medicine did naught for me,
See how this sickness of heart finally finished everything.❞
See how this sickness of heart finally finished everything.❞
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🔗❝This is just the beginning of love — why do you weep?
Just wait and see what lies ahead.❞
Just wait and see what lies ahead.❞
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🔗❝In love I lost my heart, in losing my heart I found love.
This is the reverse current's game — victory in defeat.❞
This is the reverse current's game — victory in defeat.❞
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🔗❝Every leaf and every plant knows our condition,
The flower may or may not know — but the whole garden knows.❞
The flower may or may not know — but the whole garden knows.❞
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🔗❝Who knows what the meaning is of this heartless world.
We came, we stayed, we left — this is the story of every heart.❞
We came, we stayed, we left — this is the story of every heart.❞
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🔗❝What life had given, it took back; what the heart desired, was not found.
Would that we could understand — no one has truly lived this game of life.❞
Would that we could understand — no one has truly lived this game of life.❞
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🔗❝The heart's words remain in the heart, never reaching the lips.
This is life's trouble — what needed to be said remains unsaid.❞
This is life's trouble — what needed to be said remains unsaid.❞
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🔗❝The story of you that lives in my heart I could not put into words.
If you look into my eyes, you'll read everything unsaid.❞
If you look into my eyes, you'll read everything unsaid.❞
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🔗❝I have seen burning in love's fire, seen the heart become ash.
Yet everyone keeps loving — this is love's very magic.❞
Yet everyone keeps loving — this is love's very magic.❞
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