HYDERABAD: Mirza Ghalib is the poetical surname of Asad Ullah Khan, the most-loved, read and quoted poet of Urdu language across the globe.
At the age of 11, he wrote his first poem and was a master of many languages like Urdu, Persian and Turkish.
Ghalib was one of the important poets in the court of Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar II. Mirza Ghalib was bestowed with royal titles of “Dabber-ul-Mulk” and “Najm-ud-daulah” by the emperor, who was also his student.
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As most of his ‘Shayari’ are about failed love and its agony, Ghalib’s fan often quote them in their daily life to connect with.
On the 150th death anniversary of such a great poet, here’s a compilation of some of his most famous couplets.
Hazāroñ ḳhvāhisheñ aisī ki har ḳhvāhish pe dam nikle
bahut nikle mire armān lekin phir bhī kam nikle
Aage aati thi haal-e-dil pe hansi
ab kisi baat par nahi aati
Aata hai daagh-e-hasrat-e-dil ka shumaar yaad
mujh se mire gunah ka hisaab ai khuda na maang
Na thā kuchh to ḳhudā thā kuchh na hotā to ḳhudā hotā
Duboyā mujh ko hone ne na hotā maiñ to kyā hotā
Rañj se ḳhūgar huā insāñ to miT jaatā hai rañj
mushkileñ mujh par paḌīñ itnī ki āsāñ ho ga.iiñ
ragoñ meñ dauḌte phirne ke ham nahīñ qaa.il
jab aañkh hī se na Tapkā to phir lahū kyā hai