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Mir Taqi Mir

‘You’re a poet, don’t be silent’: Ranjit Hoskote translates ‘god of poetry’ Mir Taqi Mir from Urdu

An excerpt from the introduction to ‘The Homeland’s an Ocean’, and five poems by Mir Taqi Mir, translated from the Urdu by Ranjit Hoskote.

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Ranjit Hoskote
· Aug 23, 2024 · 01:30 pm
‘Tired of living and angry with death’: Mir Taqi Mir’s Urdu verses from the Murty Classical Library

An excerpt from ‘Selected Ghazals and Other Poems’, by Mir Taqi Mir. Translated from the Urdu by Shamsur Rahman Faruqi.

Mir Taqi Mir
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Shamsur Rahman Faruqi
· Aug 22, 2023 · 01:30 pm
Cats: Ghazal writers Mir and Ghalib composed these poems about the animal that rules social media

Mir wrote of ‘a cat called Mohini’, and Ghalib, of his ‘noble-tempered’ pet. These poems are translated by Prashant Keshavmurthy.

Mir Taqi Mir
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Mirza Ghalib
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Prashant Keshavmurthy
· Mar 14, 2020 · 08:30 am