Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib
Mirza Ghalib (1797–1869) was a major Urdu and Persian poet. His Urdu ghazals explore desire, uncertainty, loss and the complexity of human experience. His letters also hold an important place in Urdu prose.
This original introduction accompanies the selected couplets below in Roman Urdu. The Urdu edition retains the original script.
Selected poetry — Roman Urdu
Bahut nikle mere arman lekin phir bhi kam nikle
Dare kyun mera qatil? Kya rahe ga us ki gardan par
Woh khoon jo chashm-e-tar se umr bhar yoon dam-ba-dam nikle?
Nikalna khuld se Adam ka sunte aaye hain lekin
Bahut be-aabroo ho kar tere kooche se hum nikle
Roman Urdu transliteration of selected couplets; not an English translation. Read the Urdu edition for the original script.
References
UrduPoint — Mirza Ghalib profilehttps://www.urdupoint.com/poetry/asadullah-khan-ghalib.html
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