The Smile on Sorrow's Lips: Selected Verses from Ghalib's Persian Poems with Urdu and English Poetic Translations

Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib (1797-1869) better known by his nom de-plume, Ghalib, was one of the greatest Urdu and Persian poets of India. Ghalib was born at a time when the glory of the great Mughal Empire had departed from India. He grew up in an era when the British had not only defeated Muslim powers but broken the back of other contenders who were vying to step into the vacant shoes. His ancestors were Turkish mercenary warriors who had migrated to India and were conferred nobility by ...