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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.

ba-rang-e-buu-e-gul, is baaG ke ham aashnaa hote

ba-rang-e-buu-e-gul, is baaG ke ham aashnaa hote
ki ham-raah-e-sabaa Tuk sair karate, aur havaa hote

[ba-rang-e-buu-e-gul=with a flower's smell and colours]

saraapaa aarazuu hone ne ba.ndaa kar diyaa hamako
vagaranaa ham Khudaa the, gar dil-e-bemudda_aa hote

[saraapaa=from head to toe; dil-e-bemudda_aa=a heart without desire]

falak, ai kaash! hamako Khaak hii rakhataa, ki us me.n ham
Gubaar-e-raah hote yaa kisii kii Khaak-e-paa hote

[Gubaar-e-raah=dust from the road; Khaak-e-paa=dust from the feet]

ilaahii kaise hote hai.n ji.nhe.n hai ba.ndagii Khvaahish
hame.n to sharm daaman-gaar hotii hai, Khudaa hote

[sharm daaman-gaar=to feel ashamed]

kahe.n jo kuchh malaamatagaar, bajaa hai 'Meer' kyaa jaane
u.nhe.n maaluum tab hotaa, ki vaise se judaa hote

[malaamatagaar=one who speaks badly of ]

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