Ghazals of Ghalib [Version from the Urdu]

This imaginatively conceived volume presents highly Original renderings of the timeless ghazals of Mirza Ghalib (1797 1869) by seven well-known
American poets. Using Aijaz Ahmad's literal translations of thirty-seven
selected ghazals, the poetic re-interpretations remarkably reflect the evocative richness of Ghalib's poetry.

Offering fascinating insights into the work of this major Urdu poet and poetic Creation in general, this volume includes a lucid Introduction by Aijaz Ahmad. A must-have for all lovers of Mirza Ghalib's verse, this volume will also interest general readers, and students and Teachers of Indian literature and Cultural studies.

Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib (1797-1869), noble, poet, and wit of nineteenth-century Delhi, is the most famous and popular Urdu poet that the Indian subcontinent has produced. His life spanned the years of the twilight of the Mughals, the Revolt of 1857, and its terrible aftermath. This volume of translations and re-interpretations of his ghazals provides a Context within which modern-day English-speaking readers can read and understand his poetry.

Aijaz Ahmad is an intellectual and Academic based in New Delhi, India. He has written widely on Cultural theory and imperialism from a Marxist standpoint, and has taught in a number of universities in India and abroad. He is the author of In Theory : Classes, Nations, Literatures (OUP, 1994). Version : Adrienne Rich
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