Ghalib: Heart is a Mirror and Mirror a Heart
27 May 2009
Ghalib: Heart is a Mirror and Mirror a Heart
I am absolutely mesmerised by this post and the verse that I only read after ten years at Mehr-i-Niimroz blog. Am just too tempted to cross post it here.
az mihr taa bah-;zarrah dil-o-dil hai aa))inah
:tuu:tii ko shash jihat se muqaabil hai aa))inah
1) from sun to sand-grain– heart; and heart is a mirror
2) {from / by means of} the six directions, a mirror confronts the parrot
Translation and commentary on Desertful of Roses. Parallel commentary on The South Asian Idea. (more…)
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