By Mirza Ghalib (Urdu)
Translated by Thomas Fitzsimmons
Waterbead ecstasy: dying in a stream;
Too strong a pain brings its own balm.
So weak now we weep sighs only;
Learn surely how water turns to air.
Spring clouds thinning after rain:
Dying into its weeping.
Would you riddle the miracle of the wind’s shaping?
Watch how a mirror greens in spring.
Rose Ghalib, the rose changes give us our joy in seeing.
All colors and kinds, what is should and be open always.
This ghazal was first published in Meghdutam.com (between 1999 to 2002).
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Ghazals of Ghalib: Versions from the Urdu
This imaginative approach to the work of the Urdu poet Ghalib (1797-1869) presents highly original renderings, made by seven well-known American poets, of Ghalib’s ghazals. The ghazals (poems consisting of at least five unrelated couplets) show a time when old values were breaking down with no new ones to take their place.
This imaginative approach to the work of the Urdu poet Ghalib (1797-1869) presents highly original renderings, made by seven well-known American poets, of Ghalib’s ghazals. The ghazals (poems consisting of at least five unrelated couplets) show a time when old values were breaking down with no new ones to take their place.
Mirza Ghalib: 100 Famous Ghazals
Urdu poet Ghalib’s (1797-1869) ghazals have inspired generations of poets and shayars. This collection presents 100 handpicked ghazals
Urdu poet Ghalib’s (1797-1869) ghazals have inspired generations of poets and shayars. This collection presents 100 handpicked ghazals
