The finest
ghazals
of Mir Taqi Mir, the most accomplished of Urdu poets.
The prolific Mir Taqi Mir (1723–1810), widely regarded as the most accomplished poet in Urdu, composed his
—a poetic form of rhyming couplets—in a distinctive Indian style arising from the Persian
ghazal
tradition. Here, the lover and beloved live in a world of extremes: the outsider is the hero, prosperity is poverty, and death would be preferable to the indifference of the beloved.
Ghazals
offers a comprehensive collection of Mir’s finest work, translated by a renowned expert on Urdu poetry.