Mir Taqi Mir

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Mir Taqi Mir


Born
Agra, Oudh State, Mughal India
Died
September 21, 1810

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Amir Khusro


Meer Muhammad Taqi Meer (Urdu: مِیر تقی مِیرؔ‎—Mīr Taqī Mīr), whose takhallus (pen name) was Mir (Urdu: مِیرؔ‎—Mīr) (sometimes also spelt Meer Taqi Meer), was the leading Urdu poet of the 18th century, and one of the pioneers who gave shape to the Urdu language itself. He was one of the principal poets of the Delhi School of the Urdu ghazal and remains arguably the foremost name in Urdu poetry often remembered as Khudā-e Sukhan (God of Poetry).

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Mir Taqi Mir: Selected Poetry

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Intikhab e Meer / انتخاب میر

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Zikr-I Mir: The Autobiograp...

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Deewan-e-Meer

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The Hidden Garden: Mir Taqi...

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Intikhab-e Kalam Mir Taqi M...

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Kalaam e Mir Taqi Mir / کلا...

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Selected Ghazals and Other ...

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Ghazals: Translations of Cl...

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Intikhab Kalam-e-Meer / انت...

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“Vajah beganagi nahin malum
Tum jahan ke ho vahan ke ham bhi hain”
Mir Taqi Mir

“Rah-e-talab mein girey hote munh ke bal hum bhi
Shikasta-paayi ne apni hamein sambhaal liya”
Mir Taqi Mir

“Of whose love is the sea
Desirous? Each wave
That rises has its arms
Spread out for an embrace.”
Mir Taqi Mir

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