Mirza Ghalib In Old Age, An English Poem By Arvind Krishna Mehrotra In Hindi/Urdu Translation Poem by Ravi Kopra

Mirza Ghalib In Old Age, An English Poem By Arvind Krishna Mehrotra In Hindi/Urdu Translation



uski nazar kamzor ho gayi
lakin us k hathon main jaise
koi jawaan talwar pakaDta hai
sheroN ka ek sheesha rehta tha

har daak main doston k sher aatay they
Mirza zara en ko theek kar do
lakin uski maala ka har manka
karzay se lada hua tha.

Tuesday, March 6, 2018
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Mirza Ghalib in Old Age

His eyesight failed him,
But in his soldier's hands,
Still held like a sword,
Was the mirror of couplets.

By every post came
Friends' verses to correct,
But his rosary-chain
Was a string of debts.

-Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
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