![]() ![]() Bekhudi le gai kahaan humko, Der se intezaar hai apna Subah hoti hai shaam hoti hai, umra yoonhi tamaam hoti haiĥ. When someone comes to your rescue a little too late, you can always put on the literary hat and rattle out these lines.Ĥ. (O Mir, he came to my grave after I’d died My messiah thought of a medicine after I’d died) Baad marne ke meri qabr pe aaya wo ‘Mir’, Yaad aai mere Isa ko dawa mere baad’’ This couplet is unarguably the favourite for all those who’ve fallen in love in their life.ģ. (Every leaf and bud knows my situation, the flower doesn’t know but the whole garden knows it) Patta patta, boota boota, haal hamaaraa jaane hai, Jaane na jaane gul hi na jaane, baagh to saaraa jaane hai. Whenever we face a demanding situation, we quote Meer, often without even knowing!Ģ. This is perhaps the most-used couplet by Meer in today’s time. (It’s the beginning of Love, why do you wail Just wait and watch how things unveil) Ibtidaa-e-ishq hai rotaa hai kyaa, Aage aage dekhiye hotaa hai kyaa ![]() From cutting-edge socio-political commentaries to human relations, most works of this poet from the 18th century continue to be relevant even today.Īs Sunday marks the 302nd birth anniversary of Meer, we list ten couplets from the vast treasury of his poems and ghazals that are still relevant today, more than three centuries after they were written. They say there used to be a Mir in the past).”īorn in Agra on September 20, 1723, Meer is as important a milestone in Urdu poetry as Ghalib is, and the two have given us couplets and ghazals that will always feature on top of any poetry lover’s list of unforgettable works. ![]() “(You are not the only master of Urdu, Ghalib. Mirza Ghalib once said this about Meer Taqi Meer, another renowned poet of his time: “Reekhta kay tumhi ustaad nahi ho Ghalib, Kehte hain agle zamane me koi Mir bhi tha. ![]()
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