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    Tears of Blood: Selected Verses of Ghalib
    Tears of Blood: Selected Verses of Ghalib
    Tears of Blood: Selected Verses of Ghalib
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    Tears of Blood: Selected Verses of Ghalib

    By Sunil Uniyal

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    Tears of Blood contains poetic renderings of selected Urdu verse of Mirza Muhammad Asadullah Khan Ghalib (1797-1869). These sixty-two ghazals and ninety other shers in English translation, present to the reader the amazing richness and beauty of Ghalibs poetry. Acknowledged by many as the King of Urdu Ghazal, Ghalib belonged to a period when the Mughal Empire was crumbling and the British ultimately established their paramountcy all over India. His ghazals mirror the vulnerability of Man, his grief and sense of loss, his unfulfilled longings, and his souls yearning for Eternal Beauty and Love. The strains of Sufi thought are clearly discernible in his poetry. Though a Muslim, he was liberal in his outlook towards other religions but ridiculed all ritualism and sectarianism of the priestly class. His poetry is, indeed, timeless and he remains the most oft-quoted poet of Urdu language and literature. His popularity may also be gauged by the fact that almost all prominent singers in India and Pakistan have sung his ghazals at one time or the other. As Ghalib himself proudly proclaimed:
    These verses that I write, descend from some Unseen Power;
    The sound that my quill releases, is an angels whisper.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPartridge Publishing India
    Release dateJul 16, 2014
    ISBN9781482834444
    Tears of Blood: Selected Verses of Ghalib

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      Tears of Blood - Sunil Uniyal

      Copyright © 2014 by Sunil Uniyal.

      ISBN:      Softcover      978-1-4828-3435-2

            eBook         978-1-4828-3444-4

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Partridge India

      000 800 10062 62

      www.partridgepublishing.com/india

      Contents

      Preface

      Part I

      1

      Phir mjhe deed-e-tar yaad aayaa

      Those moist eyes have come to my mind once again

      2

      Arz-e-niyaaz-e-ishq ke kaabil nahin rahaa

      Love entreaties I can’t make any more

      3

      Mahram naheen hai tu hee navaahaa-e-raaz kaa

      The voice of His mystery is to you an alien thing

      4

      Zikr us pareevash kaa, aur phir bayaan apnaa

      The mention in my own style of that angelic beauty

      5

      Yeh na thee hamaari kismet ki visaal-e-yaar hotaa

      A union with the Beloved was not in my fate

      6

      Na thaa kuchch, to Khudaa thaa,

      God was when there wasn’t anything

      7

      Darkhure kahro gazab jab koyi hamsaa na huaa

      Slander and torture in love when none has borne like me

      8

      Balaa se hain ye jo pesh-e-nazar dar-o-deevaar

      Trouble bearing before my eyes are these doors and walls

      9

      Laraztaa hai miraa dil zehmat-e-mehar-e-darakhshaan par

      My heart shudders at the rise of Sun at dawn

      10

      Kyon jal gayaa na taab-e-rukh-e-yaar dekhkar

      Why has the glow of Beloved’s face not burnt me?

      11

      Ghar jab banaa liyaa tere dar par kahe bighair

      When without your consent, at your door I’m residing,

      12

      Laazim thaa ki dekho miraa rastaa koyi din aur

      You didn’t consider it necessary to wait a few days more

      13

      Na gul-e-nagmah hoon, na pardah-e-saaz

      I am no musical tone, no song blossoming

      14

      Rukhe nigaar se hai soz-e-jaavidaani-e-shamma

      The face of the Beloved is a candle eternally glowing

      15

      Zakhm par chhirrken kahaan tiphlaane–beparvaa namak

      Where are all the carefree kids who on my wounds can spill salt?

      16

      Jahaan teraa naqsh-e-kadam dekhte hain

      Wherever your footprints I see

      17

      Maane-e-dashtnavardee koyi tadbeer naheen

      Nothing can stop me from desert-wandering

      18

      Vo firaaq aur vo visaal kahaan?

      Where are those meetings and those partings now?

      19

      Maze jahaan ke apnee nazar men khaaq naheen

      In my eyes, the pleasures of the world are nothing at all

      20

      Kee vafaa hamse to ghair usko jafaa kahte hain

      When she shows her love to me, others say she is unfaithful

      21

      Hairaan hoon dil ko rovoon ki peetoon jigar ko mai

      Should I cry my heart out or beat my chest - I am confused

      22

      Daayim parraa huaa tire dar par naheen hoon main

      I wish I were forever lying at Your doorstep,

      23

      Dono jahaan de ke vo samjhaa yeh khush rahaa

      He gifted me both the worlds and thought I would be happy

      24

      Sab kahaan, kuchh laal-o-gul men numaayaa ho gayeen

      Few, very few are as roses or tulips returning

      25

      Dil hee to hai, na sang-o-khisht, dard se bhar na aaye kyoon?

      It’s my heart, no brick or stone, why won’t it be filled with grief?

      26

      Rahiye ab aisee jagah chalkar, jahaan koyee na ho

      Let us go to live where nobody else is there

      27

      Kisi ko deke dil koyee navaa sanje phugaan kyoon ho?

      When my heart I have surrendered, why should I utter cries of pain?

      28

      Junoon tohmat kash-e-taskeen na ho, gar shaadmaanee kee

      Why blame my frenzy in love, if it seeks comfort in rejoicing

      29

      Aa ki mere jaan ko qaraar naheen hai

      Come, Beloved, no peace I’m having

      30

      Har qadam doori-e-manzil hai numaayaan mujhse

      At every step, my goal goes farther

      31

      Ek jaa harf-e-vafaa likkhaa thaa so bhee mit gayaa

      The word ‘love’ in your letter has proved to be false

      32

      Shabnam ba gul-e-laalah na khaali zi adaa hai

      The tear-drop on a poppy has, indeed, some meaning

      33

      Miri hastee fazaa-e-hairat aabaad-e-tamannaa hai

      An open expanse of amazement, full of longing, is my existence

      34

      Muddat huvee hai yaar ko mehmaan kiye huve

      An age has passed since I hosted my Beloved

      35

      Koyi ummeed bar naheen aatee

      My hopes bear no fruit anymore

      36

      Dil-e-naadaan tujhe huaa kyaa hai?

      O naive heart, what the matter is?

      37

      Har ek baat pe kahte ho tum ki tu kyaa hai?

      Whenever I say something, you say ‘Who are you?’

      38

      Ibn-e-Mariyam huaa kare koyi

      Like Mary’s Son, may someone be

      39

      Us bazm men mujhe naheen bantaa hayaa kiye

      In your assembly my self-esteem has no clout

      40

      Baazeechaa-e-atfaal hai duniyaa, mire aage

      This world is a kids’ playground to me,

      41

      Bahot sahee gham-e- getee, sharaab kam kyaa hai

      The world is full of sorrow, but where’s the dearth of wine?

      42

      Kunj men baithaa rahoon, yoon par khulaa

      I wish

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