1723–1810 · Agra
Mir Taqi Mir
میر تقی میر
मुझको शायर न कहो मीर कि साहब मैंने
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About Mir Taqi Mir
Mir Taqi Mir, known simply as Mir, is the undisputed master of the Urdu ghazal. Born in Agra around 1723, he spent most of his creative life in Delhi before moving to Lucknow in his old age. He witnessed the sack of Delhi by Nadir Shah and the slow dissolution of the Mughal world — and this grief became the very substance of his poetry. Mir's ghazals are marked by their simplicity, their emotional depth, and a quality of sorrow so pure it transcends personal loss to become universal. Ghalib called him the god of poetry. He died in Lucknow in 1810, leaving behind six divans — the largest body of Urdu ghazals by any single poet.
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Major Works
Kulliyat-e-Mir (Diwan Doyam)
کلیاتِ میر — دیوانِ دوم
His second divan, written in the shadow of Delhi's fall — the grief of a city and a civilisation transformed into ghazals of extraordinary lyrical power.
پڑھیں ← Read SelectionsNikaat-ul-Shuara
نکاتُ الشعرا
Subtleties of the Poets — his landmark tazkira (biographical anthology) of Urdu poets, an invaluable record of the Delhi literary world he inhabited.
پڑھیں ← Read SelectionsKulliyat-e-Mir (Diwan Soyam)
کلیاتِ میر — دیوانِ سوم
His third divan, written in Lucknow — the ghazals of an old man in exile, longing for the Delhi of his youth, written with a simplicity that cuts deeper than any ornament.
پڑھیں ← Read SelectionsMasnavi Muamlat-e-Ishq
مثنوی معاملاتِ عشق
Affairs of Love — a narrative masnavi tracing the stages of love from first sight to annihilation, written with the psychological precision of a poet who had lived every line.
پڑھیں ← Read SelectionsKulliyat-e-Mir (Divans IV–VI)
کلیاتِ میر — دیوان چہارم تا ششم
His final three divans, completing the largest body of Urdu ghazals ever written by a single poet — over 13,000 verses that map the full range of human feeling in the classical form.
پڑھیں ← Read SelectionsCOMPOSITIONS
नज़्में, ग़ज़लें और अशआर
हस्ती अपनी हुबाब की सी है
ہستی اپنی حباب کی سی ہے
ہستی اپنی حباب کی سی ہے
हस्ती अपनी हुबाब की सी है
یہ نمائش سراب کی سی ہے
यह नुमाइश सराब की सी है
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पत्ता पत्ता बूटा बूटा
پتہ پتہ بوٹا بوٹا
پتہ پتہ بوٹا بوٹا حال ہمارا جانے ہے
पत्ता पत्ता बूटा बूटा हाल हमारा जाने है
جانے نہ جانے گل ہی نہ جانے باغ تو سارا جانے ہے
जाने न जाने गुल ही न जाने बाग़ तो सारा जाने है
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उलटा ज़माना हो गया
الٹا زمانہ ہو گیا
کیا بود و باش پوچھو ہو پورب کے ساکنو
क्या बूद-ओ-बाश पूछो हो पूरब के साकिनो
ہم کو غریب جان کے ہنس ہنس پکار کے
हम को ग़रीब जान के हँस हँस पुकार के
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मशहूर अशआर-ए-मीर
مشہور اشعارِ میر
مجھ کو شاعر نہ کہو میر کہ صاحب میں نے
मुझ को शायर न कहो मीर कि साहब मैंने
درد دل اپنا جو تھا لفظوں میں بیاں کر دیا
दर्द-ए-दिल अपना जो था लफ़्ज़ों में बयाँ कर दیا
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SHAYARI