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_a891.43913 _bMIR |
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100 | _aMir Taqi Mir, | ||
245 | _aGhazals : translations of classic urdu poetry | ||
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_bHarvard University Press, _c2022 _aCambridge : |
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_axxix, 186 p. ; _c20 cm |
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_b399.00 _cINR _d01 |
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490 | _aMurty classical library of India ; 21 | ||
504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references. | ||
520 | _aThe 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. | ||
650 | _aCouplets | ||
650 | _a Persian ghazal | ||
650 | _aRomantic | ||
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_aFaruqi, Shamsur Rahman _etr. |
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