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Love Sonnets of Ghalib, Deluxe Edition (Hardcover)

by Sarfaraz Niazi (Author) "Great poets are distinguished by their thought and dictionready hallmarks are but two of the many qualities shared by great poets..." (more)
Key Phrases: bahut hai, dekh kar, mountain digger, King Jamshed, Bahadur Shah Zafar, Hazrat Khizr (more...)

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Comprehensively, introduces us to the "mizaaj" of Ghalib. Make your own inferences while remaining in the orbit of the couplet. -- Gulzar, India Today February 25, 2002.

Extraordinary work;ignite the spark of love in your heart; experience a flavor of longing and the ecstasy. -- Deepak Chopra, March 2002 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Introducing the revised deluxe edition from the same author who brought you the first ever transliteration, explication and lexicon of Ghalib's Urdu's love sonnets.

For the first time, this edition includes Artistic renditions by Sadequain in color!

The entire book has now been proof read again and this time published from Pakistan by one of the most respected publisher, i.e. Feroz Sons.

The construction of the book allows the reader to enjoy the verses, both in Urdu and its Romanized transliteration side by side.

This book contains an extensive glossary of the vocabulary used in Ghalib's Urdu Ghazals.

An index of the first verse of each ghazal with page number has been made for the reader to easily locate the ghazal of choice.

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Product Details

Hardcover: 844 pages
Publisher: Ferozsons (Pvt.) Ltd. (October 2004)
ISBN-10: 9690017934
ISBN-13: 978-9690017932
Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.7 x 2.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 5.4 pounds

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,574,693 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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bahut hai, dekh kar, mountain digger, bhi tha, din aur, fairy persona, kya hai, hota hai, antimony powder, mere age, rue seed, amorous glances, torn collar, stunned state, holding straw, love sonnets, legendary lover, verse points, hai hai, mirror coating, saddened heart, pathetic condition, beloved will, steel mirror

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King Jamshed, Bahadur Shah Zafar, Hazrat Khizr, Amir Khusro, Hazrat Ali, Love Sonnets of Ghalib

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How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain De Botton in Front Matter, and Back Matter
Selected Poems by George Sterling in Back Matter
Urdu-English Dictionary by Abdul Hag in Back Matter
The Lightning Should Have Fallen on Ghalib: Selected Poems of Ghalib by Ghalib in Back Matter
Alexander the Great by Peter Green in Back Matter

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5.0 out of 5 stars absolutely fantastic, April 12, 2004

By	rajiv wadhwa (leicester, uk) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Love Sonnets of Ghalib (Hardcover)

If you are like me-passionate about urdu poetry and shairy, but cant read urdu-this book is for you.
Ghalib, undoubtedely, is one of world's best writers ever. But everybody knows that, so lets just talk about this book.
This is indeed a labour of love. Just flipping through the pages, one can see how much hard word has gone into it. But more than that, you will realize how passionate the writer is about Ghalib and about urdu poetry. To translate and explain thousands of couplets is no mean feat. And I salute the auther for this wonderful work.
Each and every shair-couplet- of Ghalib has been given in urdu, also in roman script so that if you can speak hindi/urdu/hindustani, but cant read urdu, you can recite the couplets in original. Then he has translated it literally, in two sentences. Which is really wonderful work, and those who dont understand urdu can appreciate the beauty of ghalib's work.
But it doesn't end here, then the author goes on to explain what Ghalib meant by that couplet. Ghalib's poetry is not always forthcoming and easy to understand. It has many facets to it. A deep hidden meaning, philosophical overtures, social and political satires, historical and religious references-and most times-Ghalib's irreverence to them. And one can interpret it in many ways. The author explains in detail, going on to pages sometimes to explain one couplet. This is where the depth of author's hard work shows. I didn't always agree with him on the real or hidden meaning of some couplets-but then, that's Ghalib for you. You can take it the way you want, and the way one would interpret it would depend on that person himself.
The artwork was a bit disappointing but having said that, this book is worth its weight in gold.
I hope author is going to continue his work and give us Mir, Iqbal, Faiz-------. I for one would keep my ears close to ground and wait eagerly.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Boon for Ghazal lovers, September 2, 2002

By	Roshan Kamath - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I highly recommend this book to all lovers of urduu poetry. It is particularly useful to serious students of the Ghazal form for whom interpreting Ghalib has always been an "issue". Not only does Dr. Niazi dwell at length on the imageries used by Ghalib, but in many cases also gives contextual references to incidents in Ghalib's life to help interpret a couplet better. Again, some couplets/terms (eg. kAGhazI paErahan) are understood only within a historical/social context - and Dr. Niazi provides the same in such cases. Note that each couplet is followed by a LITERAL (not idiomatic) translation and then by an elaborate explication. The explication also addresses multiple inherent interpretations if they exist. Dr. Niazi also points out, in many cases, erroneous interpretations that are in vogue.

Budding/Fledgeling poets may use this work to enhance their own understanding of symbols and idioms as used in urduu poetry (in addition to making sense out of the obscurity that is Ghalib). For established scholars this book can serve as a ready reference (or sanity check!).

Note: While the couplets are presented first in the original persian script, they are also transliterated using the roman script for the benefit of those who do not read the original.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Love Poems from East, April 26, 2002

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Love and poems of love are universal; how an Eastern mind presents its dilemmas of love are remarkably rendered by the most famous poet of the East--Mirza Ghalib. Beautiful Urdu calligraphy with ample English explication makes reading this poetry from a distant culture a true delight.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Remarkable!
This book is worthwhile having and probably one of the best books I have.
It is in Urdu, Roman script, English translation and there is an interpretation. Read more

Published on November 26, 2003 by Mariam A. Haye

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I just receieved this Book today and it looks like a life-long thing to have. All the Ghazals have been provided in Urdu for Urdu readers, in Hindi Transliterated in english with... Read more

Published on October 15, 2003 by G. Dhar

5.0 out of 5 stars love sonnetts of ghalib
A real gem of gift by Mr. Niyazi to the literary lovers who can know what a master-piece of work Ghalib left behind. Commendable job by the author translating the deewan.. Read more

Published on July 16, 2003 by shahab Izzat

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