Publisher:
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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...
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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
Hardcover-Ausgabe mit Originaltext in Urdu und paralleler englischer Übersetzung erschien 2019 u.d.T. "Selected ghazals and other poems" als Band 21 der Reihe "Murty classical library of India"
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-186)
