The Famous Ghalib

The Famous Ghalib

Author: Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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A befitting tribute to the poet who once described himself as 'collyrium for men's eyes', freely offering to make their vision cleaner.


The Famous Ghalib: The Sound of My Moving Pen

The Famous Ghalib: The Sound of My Moving Pen

Author: Ralph Russel

Publisher: Roli Books Private Limited

Published: 2015-07-12

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 9351940985

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‘Easily the best Urdu scholar in the West.’ Shamsur Rehman Farouqi ‘Marion Molteno has mined a substantial corpus of Russell’s writings to string together his most valuable insights into the genre of ghazal... to prepare the uninitiated reader for the final feast of Ghalib’s ghazals in English translation. And what a magnificent feast it is!’ M. Asaduddin, Jamia Millia Islamia The second edition of Ralph Russell’s critically acclaimed The Famous Ghalib has been put together according to guidance left by the author/translator before his death in 2008. This book introduces Ghalib to anyone who wants to find out why his poetry has inspired generations of Urdu speakers and many others besides. It explains the form of poetry in which Ghalib wrote, and how he used its symbolism to express his response both to the universal experiences of life and to the times that he himself lived through. With over 200 couplets in Ralph Russell’s translations, alongside the original Urdu – and also transcribed using both English and Hindi scripts, this is a must have for all poetry lovers. The translations are as concise as the original, matching Ghalib’s intensity with words chosen to convey precise meaning; and they do this in English which flows naturally and with unobtrusive poetic metre.


Ghalib

Ghalib

Author: Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2017-03-28

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 0231544006

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This selection of poetry and prose by Ghalib provides an accessible and wide-ranging introduction to the preeminent Urdu poet of the nineteenth century. Ghalib's poems, especially his ghazals, remain beloved throughout South Asia for their arresting intelligence and lively wit. His letters—informal, humorous, and deeply personal—reveal the vigor of his prose style and the warmth of his friendships. These careful translations allow readers with little or no knowledge of Urdu to appreciate the wide range of Ghalib's poetry, from his gift for extreme simplicity to his taste for unresolvable complexities of structure. Beginning with a critical introduction for nonspecialists and specialists alike, Frances Pritchett and Owen Cornwall present a selection of Ghalib's works, carefully annotating details of poetic form. Their translation maintains line-for-line accuracy and thereby preserves complex poetic devices that play upon the tension between the two lines of each verse. The book includes whole ghazals, selected individual verses from other ghazals, poems in other genres, and letters. The book also includes a glossary, the Urdu text of the original poetry, and an appendix containing Ghalib's comments on his own verses.


Diwan-e-Ghalib

Diwan-e-Ghalib

Author: Kuldip Salil

Publisher: Rajpal & Sons

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 9788170286929

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A Selection of Ghalib's Ghazals in Devnagri and English, along with the English Translations


Ghalib

Ghalib

Author: Pavan K. Varma

Publisher: Penguin Books India

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 9780143064817

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A Brilliant Biography Of Nineteenth Century India S Greatest Poet Mirza Mohammad Asadullah Khan Ghalib Began Writing Poetry In Persian At The Age Of Nine And The Pre-Eminent Poet Of The Time, Mir, Predicted A Great Future For The Precocious Genius When He Was Shown His Verse. But Success And Material Rewards Did Not Come To Ghalib Easily For The Times Were Against Him, And He Did Not Suffer Fools Gladly Even If They Occupied Positions Of Importance. Ghalib Was At The Height Of His Powers When Events Took A Turn For The Worse. First Came The Decline Of The Mughal Court, Then The Rise Of The British Empire And, Finally, The Revolt Of 1857. Though Ghalib Lived Through The Upheavals And Purges Of The Revolt, In Which Many Of His Contemporaries And Friends Died And His Beloved Delhi Was Irrevocably Changed, He Was A Broken Man And Longed For Death. When He Died, On 15 February 1869, He Left Behind Some Of The Most Vivid Accounts Of The Events Of The Period Ever Written. In This Illuminating Biography Pavan K. Varma Evocatively Captures The Spirit Of The Man And The Essence Of The Times He Lived In.


Love Sonnets of Ghalib

Love Sonnets of Ghalib

Author: Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

Publisher: books catalog

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 1019

ISBN-13: 9788171675968

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Mirza Ghalib is to the Urdu language what William Shakespeare is to the English language. And the most widely read Urdu book in the world is a collection of the Love Sonnets of Ghalib. These sonnets resonate with the voices of maestros through the corridors of history. Ghalib is not just an Asian phenomenon and his sonnets are loved and studied worldwide.


Urdu Letters of Mirza Asadu'llah Khan Ghalib

Urdu Letters of Mirza Asadu'llah Khan Ghalib

Author:

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 1987-07-01

Total Pages: 678

ISBN-13: 1438416725

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Mirza Asadu'llah Khan Ghalib was the brightest luminary of his time in the South Asian, Muslim literary community. A poet in Urdu and Persian, he was endowed with exquisite imagination, sparkling wit, and a charming presence. Ghalib was a brilliant conversationalist, skilled in the art of human relations. In the last twenty years of his life, the political conditions of northern India caused the death or dispersion of many of his best friends. He satisfied his gregarious urges by writing exquisite letters in Urdu, in a delightfully conversational style. By these means Ghalib kept in touch with his scattered friends. These letters were so novel in style that the first collection was published only a month after the poet's death. In this book, Daud Rahbar provides thoroughly annotated English versions of 170 Urdu letters. These letters exemplify the possibility of elevating human relations to an art form, and Rahbar's translation reproduces the delicate flavor of the original Urdu prose.


Ghazals of Ghalib

Ghazals of Ghalib

Author: Aijaz Ahmad

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks

Published: 1995-02-16

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9780195635676

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This imaginative approach to the work of the Urdu poet Ghalib (1797-1869) presents highly original renderings, made by seven well-known American poets, of Ghalib's ghazals.


The Oxford India Ghalib

The Oxford India Ghalib

Author: Mirza Ghalib

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 572

ISBN-13: 9780195692389

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Introduced and selected by Ralph Russell, an eminent Urdu scholar, this collection presents a representative selection of the works of Ghalib's , the most famous and popular of the Urdu poets that the Indian subcontinent has produced. This complete Ghalib anthrology comprises poetry and prose translated from both Persian and Urdu, as well as biographical details. The volume provides a context within which modern-day English-speaking readers can read and understand his work.


Ghalib 1797-1869

Ghalib 1797-1869

Author: Ralph Russell

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks

Published: 1994-11-03

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9780195635065

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A biography of one of the most popular Urdu and Persian poets.