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Meer Taqi Meer

Mohammed Taqi (Urdu: محمد تقی) (b. 1723 - d. 1810), better known by his nom de plume of Mir Taqi Mir (Urdu: میر تقی میر) (sometimes also spelled as Meer Taqi Meer), was the leading Urdu poet of the eighteenth century, and one of the pioneers who gave shape to the Urdu language itself. He was one of the principal poets of Delhi school of Urdu ghazal and remains arguably the foremost name in Urdu poetry.

He was born in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, in 1723. He left for Delhi, at the age of 11, following his father's death. His philosophy of life was formed primarily from his father, whose emphasis on the importance of love and the value of compassion remained with him through his life and imbued his poetry. At Delhi, he finished his education and joined a group of nobility as a courtier-poet. He lived much of his life in Mughal Delhi. However, after Ahmad Shah Abdali's sack of Delhi each year starting 1748, he eventually moved to the court of Asaf-ud-Daulah in Lucknow, at the king's invitation. Distressed to witness the plundering of his beloved Delhi, he gave vent to his feelings through some of his couplets. He remained in Lucknow for the remainder of his life.

aa.Nkho.n me.n jii meraa hai idhar yaar dekhanaa

aa.Nkho.n me.n jii meraa hai idhar yaar dekhanaa
aashiq kaa apane aaKharii diidaar dekhanaa

kaisaa chaman ke ham se asiiro.n ko manaa hai
chaak-e-qafas se baaG kii diivaar dekhanaa

aa.Nkhe.n churaaiio na Tuk abr-e-bahaar se
merii taraf bhii diidah-e-Khuu.N_baar dekhanaa

ae ham-safar na aable ko pahu.Nche chashm-e-tar
lagaa hai mere paao.n me.n aa Khaar dekhanaa

honaa na chaar chashm dik uss zulm-paishaah se
hoshiyaar ziinhaar Khabardaar dekhanaa

sayyad dil hai daaG-e-judaaii se rashk-e-baaG
tujh ko bhii ho nasiib ye gulazaar dekhanaa

gar zam_zamaa yahii hai koii din to ham-safiir
is fasl hii me.n ham ko giriftaar dekhanaa

bul-bul hamaare gul pe na gustaaKh kar nazar
ho jaayegaa gale kaa kahii.n haar dekhanaa

shaayad hamaarii Khaak se kuchh ho bhii ae nasiim
Girbaal kar ke kuuchaa-e-dildaar dekhanaa

us Khush-nigaah ke ishq se parahez kiijio 'Meer'
jaataa hai leke jii hii ye aazaar dekhanaa

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