TY - BOOK AU - Mir, Mir Taqi, AU - Faruqi,Shamsur Rahman TI - Ghazals : : translations of classic Urdu poetry T2 - Murty Classical Library of India SN - 9780674270732 PY - 2022/// CY - London PB - Harvard University Press KW - Mir Taqi Mir KW - Urdu poery N2 - "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." ER -