00950nam a22001697a 4500003000200000005001700002020001800019082001000037100001800047245004900065260004300114300001000157440005800167520051800225650001100743700002600754020260518123548.0  a9780674270732  aJEW N  aMir, Taqi Mir  aGhazals: translations of classic urdu poetry  aLondonbHarvard University Pressc2022  a186p.  aNine jewels from the Murty classical library of India  aThe prolific Mir Taqi Mir (1723–1810), widely regarded as the most accomplished poet in Urdu, composed his ghazals—a poetic form of rhyming couplets—in a distinctive Indian style arising from the Persian ghazal tradition. Here, the lover and beloved live in a world of extremes: the outsider is the hero, prosperity is poverty, and death would be preferable to the indifference of the beloved. Ghazals offers a comprehensive collection of Mir’s finest work, translated by a renowned expert on Urdu poetry.  aPoetry  aShamsur Rahman Faruqi