Mirza Ghalib

He was one of the founders of the modern Urdu ghazal. He received limited recognition in his lifetime, but with the passage of time he has been acknowledged as an absolute master of his art! He has become the most quoted Urdu poet. His poetry has an unresistable charm and beauty. It has wit, irony and a wealth of human experience. His diction can be sweet and simple or so complex and pregnant with meaning that it lends itself to multiple interpretations! This is the mark of a true genius!!!

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A few selected couplets of Ghalib about his own poetry, style and diction:

• haiN aur bhee duniyaa meN suKHanvar bahut achhe
  kahte haiN ki GHaalib kaa hai andaaz-e-bayaaN aur
  

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• jo yeh kahe ki reKHtaa kyooN ki ho rashk-e-faarsee?
  gufta-e-GHaalib ek baar paRH ke use sunaa ki 'yooN'
  

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• aagahee daam-e-shineedan jis qadr chaahe bichhaaye
  mudda'aa anqaa hai apne 'aalam-e-taqreer kaa
  

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• gar KHaamoshee se fayedaa iKHfaa-e-haal hai
  KHush hooN ki meree baat samajhnee mohaal hai
  

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• zikr us pareevash kaa, aur phir bayaaN apnaa
  ban gayaa raqeeb aaKHir, thaa jo raazdaaN apnaa
  

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• yaarab voh na samjheN haiN, na samjheNge meree baat
  de aur dil unko, jo na de mujhko zabaaN aur
  

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• hogaa koi aisaa bhee ki GHaalib ko na jaane?
  shaayar to voh achhaa hai pe badnaam bahut hai