Mirza Ghalib: Selected Lyrics and Letters

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Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd, 2005 - Poetry - 513 pages
The best of Mirza Ghalib, one of the greatest Urdu poets, is presented in this compendium. Each of the 104 ghazals, 7 miscellaneous nazms, and 68 selected letters are presented in the original Urdu text, with a parallel translation in simple, lucid English, and a transliteration in Roman script for readers who are not familiar with Urdu in Persian script. A critical introduction to Ghalib's work, chronology of important events in his life, and bibliography are also provided.
 

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Contents

Section 1
3
Section 2
158
Section 3
303
Section 4
305
Section 5
309
Section 6
310
Section 7
311
Section 8
312
Section 18
328
Section 19
329
Section 20
330
Section 21
332
Section 22
334
Section 23
338
Section 24
340
Section 25
342

Section 9
313
Section 10
314
Section 11
315
Section 12
317
Section 13
318
Section 14
322
Section 15
323
Section 16
325
Section 17
326
Section 26
344
Section 27
346
Section 28
347
Section 29
349
Section 30
350
Section 31
408
Section 32
Section 33

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About the author (2005)

K.C. Kanda has an MA and PhD in English, an MA in Urdu from Delhi University, and is a recipient of the Urdu Academy award for excellence in translation. He has published ten books of Urdu poetry translated into English and has four books about English literature to his credit.

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