Poet of the Month - Mirza Ghalib

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Story behind:

**Qaid-E-Hayaat-O-Band-E-Gam Asl Main Dono Ek Hain
Maut Se Pahle Admi Gam Se Najaat Paaye Kyun

**
[QUOTE]
In accordance with upper class Muslim tradition, he had an arranged marriage at the age of 13, but none of his seven children survived beyond infancy. After his marriage he settled in Delhi. In one of his letters he describes his marriage as the second imprisonment after the initial confinement that was life itself. The idea that life is one continuous painful struggle which can end only when life itself ends, is a recurring theme in his poetry. One of his couplets puts it in a nutshell:
*The prison of life and the bondage of grief
are one and the same
Before the onset of death,
how can man expect to be free of grief? *
[/QUOTE]

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I don't know if this is true but a story is mansoob with Ghalib. Probably not.

Ghalib used to pass through a street and there was a good looking woman who would say Adaab to Ghalib from her window.

He (probably) said this shayr. (I will not write complete shayr here)

Roz Kehti Hai Tu Mujh Se Adaab Adaab


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:emmy: google :smack:

Its with the every popular poet, that their poetry or style is copied for parodies and all. Ghalib is most favourite of those people and his name has been put in many of such shahkars of poetry.

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zikr us parivash ka, aur phir bayaan apna
ban gaya raqeeb aaKhir tha jo raazdaan apna

mai woh kion buhat peete bazm-e-Ghair mein ya rab
aaj hi huwa manzoor un ko imtihaan apna

manzar ik bulandi par aur ham bana sakte
arsh se idhar hota kaash ke makaan apna

day woh qadar zillat ham hansi mein talain gay
baaray aashna nikalaa un ka pasbaan apna

dard-e-dil likhon kab tak? Jaon un ko dikhla duun
ungliyan figaar apni Khaama Khuun_chakaan apna

ghiste ghiste mit jata aap ne abas badla
nang-e-sajda se mere sang-e-aastaan apna

taa kare na Ghamazi, kar liya hai dushman ko
dost ki shikaayat mein hum ne hum-zubaan apna

ham kahan ke daana thay, kis hunar mein yaktaa thay
be_sabab huwa ‘Ghalib’ dushman aasmaan apna

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If you know the second Misraa then you would know no PhakkaR or Luchar alfaaz were used, just very shararti zaraafat. No street/part time poet would say that. Already mentioned my doubt.

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He was such a great poet that his wordings and thoughts were in sync and also very very deep.

His brain should have been preserved… :slight_smile:


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And shud have planted in you :p

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No Ladai :nono:

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bas k dushwar hai har kam ka asan hona
admi ko bhi mayassar nahi insan honagiriya chahe hai kharabi mere kashane ki
dar-o-diwar se tapak hai bayaban honawa-e-diwangi-e-shauq k har dam mujh ko
ap jana udhar aur ap hi hairan honajalwa azbas k taqaza-e-nigah karta hai
jauhar-e-aina bhi chahe hai mizagan honaishrat-e-qatlgah-e-ahal-e-tamanna mat puch
id-e-nazzara hai shamshir ka uriyan honale gaye khak mein ham dag-e-tamanna-e-nishat
tu ho aur ap basadrang-e-gulistan honaishrat-e-para-e-dil, zakhm-e-tamannakhana
lazzat-e-rish-e-jigar garq-e-namakdan honaki mere qatl k bad us ne jafa se tauba
haye us zodpasheman ka pasheman honahaif us char girah kapre ki qismat 'ghalib'
jis ki qismat mein ho ashiq ka gareban hona

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ki mere qatl k bad us ne jafa se tauba
haye us zodpasheman ka pasheman hona

:hinna: Ghalib i zindagi main wo zood pasheman kon tha? :hmmm:

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Mujhay iss par aik read incident yaad aa gia …
One in FSC our urdu teacher said write a Ghalib Sher and ur roll number and hand over to me…Every one did the same …

Next day he came in fury and ask the role number of my Paindo Doost :cobra: who was very innocent like me and said what the hell is this :aj: I’ve checked whole Dewan-e-Ghalib but couldn’t find this :emmy: and throw the paper out of the window …
aab aap guess kar lain kounsay wallay sher tha :omg: :rotfl:

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kaun saa sher thaa? :faizy:

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:emmy: aap nah he sunain to bahtar hay …

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Phir bhi pata to chale konsa tha?

Ye wala to nahin tha?

Itna dukhi hai tere ishq main Ghalib
bla bla bla bla ***************

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Gori Goori Rangat par mat jayo Ghalib :emmy: yah walla tha :barbie:

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AH! Very happy with my own brain..:D

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*ye ishq nahi asaan bus itna samajh lijiay
ik aag ka darya hai aur dob k jana hai *

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yeh dushmani hai itni asan bas yeh na samjh lijiye
ik pani ka registan hai aur ur kar jana hai.

;)

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wah paen wah…ye Ghalib marhoom ka nai STA marhoom ka lag rha hai :omg:

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to aap aisi baatein hi kyoon kertay hain :emmy: