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Ghazals : translations of classic urdu poetry

By: Contributor(s): Series: Murty classical library of India ; 21Publication details: Harvard University Press, 2022 Cambridge :Description: xxix, 186 p. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780674270732
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 891.43913 MIR
Summary: The prolific Mir Taqi Mir (1723-1810), widely regarded as the most accomplished poet in Urdu, composed his ghazals, 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.
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The prolific Mir Taqi Mir (1723-1810), widely regarded as the most accomplished poet in Urdu, composed his ghazals, 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.

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