Mir Mir Taqi Ghazals: English Translations of Timeless Urdu Poetry by Shamsur Rahman Faruqi

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(Harvard University Press, 2022)

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The 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. Ghazals offers a comprehensive collection of Mir’s finest work, translated by a renowned expert on Urdu poetry.

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