Mirza Ghalib, 116 Ghazals: translated into Victorian English, reminiscent of John Keats

By Asadullah Mirza Ghalib and Qasim Usmani

Ghalib Reimagined: A Symphony of Longing and Light
In the quiet chambers of the heart, where sighs turn into poetry and longing weaves itself into words, the immortal verses of Asadullah Mirza Ghalib awaken once more-now in the luminous embrace of Victorian English reminiscent of John Keats.

With a scholar's reverence and a poet's soul, Qasim Usmani breathes life into 116 of Ghalib's most profound ghazals, unveiling their aching beauty for the global reader. Each couplet, delicately adorned with Hindi and Urdu subtitles, bridges the rhythmic cadence of the East with the lyrical elegance of the West, ensuring that the soul of Ghalib remains untouched, even as it soars in a new language.

Here lies poetry that whispers of love unfulfilled, of destinies entwined in sorrow, of the eternal yearning that turns the human heart into an ocean of longing. This is not a mere translation but a resurrection, a rekindling of the fire that once burned in Ghalib's soul-now set ablaze for the lovers of literature who have ever ached for beauty and wept for truth.
Whether you are an ardent admirer of Ghalib, a seeker of poetic transcendence, or one who has felt the silent pangs of unspoken love, this book shall cradle your heart in its verses. Volume I is but the beginning-let the journey through moonlit sorrows and starlit dreams begin.

Step into Ghalib's world. Let his words become yours.

نہ بندھے تشنگی ذوق کے مضموں غالبؔ

گرچہ دل کھول کے دریا کو بھی ساحل باندھا

न बंधे तिश्नगी-ए-ज़ौक़ के मज़मूँ 'ग़ालिब'

गरचे दिल खोल के दरिया को भी साहिल बाँधा

The thirst of longing, O Ghalib, finds no repose,

Though the heart, unbound, on boundless rivers grows.

Even shores bound the seas in futile embrace,

Yet desire's tale defies both time and space.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DXF4GB8K
• ISBN13: 9798310996809
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"