شعلۂ عشق

by Mir Taqi Mir, William Carmichael Smyth, Esq. (Editor)

"The following Musnuwee is from the pen of Meer Tuqee, a modern Poet of considerable celebrity in Hindoostan. It was named, by the Author Shooulu'e Ishq, or the Flame of Love, and as far as I can learn has never before appeared in print. From the name it might be supposed to be an improper book to put into the hands of young persons; but I can assure the most scrupulous on this head, that it does not contain either a thought or a word which could give offence to the most delicate mind, and being an amusing story written in good classical Hindoostanee, is well calculated for the use of students in that language." [Editor]

39 pages, Unknown Binding

First published October 1, 1820

About the author

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).