❝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.❞
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.
Born: Agra, India · Era: 1723–1810 · Specialty: Ghazal
Ghazal is the most refined and enduring form in Urdu-Hindi poetry — a series of independent couplets bound by rhyme and refrain. This collection of works by Mirza Ghalib, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Mir Taqi Mir, and Bashir Badr suits readers who want to understand the classical tradition, recite verses aloud, or savor a single sher at a time.
❝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.❞
❝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?❞