Why cry at how long the path of love is?
Posted: | Categories: poetry | Tags: Mir Taqi Mir, poetry, shayari
The following is my discussion about a ghazal written by the Urdu poet Mir Taqi Mir. But who is he? Mir Taqi Mir (1723-1810) was a contemporary of Mirza Ghalib operating in the city of Lucknow. He was one of the first Urdu poets and he has pretty much shaped the language itself. Of course comparisons will be made between Mir and Ghalib and Wikipedia even has this section about what Ghalib said about Mir. Read more...