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Index
Cover
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Ghalib’s Life and Times
Part One: Ghazals
Part Two: Ghazal Verses
Part Three: Other Genres
1. Poems
Qaṣīdas (Odes)
An ode in praise of the Prophet (1821)
An ode in praise of a sleek betel nut (1826)
An ode in praise of the king (1852)
Rubāʿīs (Quatrains)
A quatrain on childhood and old age (1816)
A quatrain on “speaking the difficult” (1821)
A quatrain on fireworks and passion (1833)
2. Letters
To Tafta (1858), about the terrible losses of 1857
To Mihr (1859), about Ghalib’s appearance
To Mihr (1860), about the long-ago cruel dancing girl
To Mihr (1860), about being a sugar fly, not a honey fly
To Ala’i (1861), about the poet’s life as a captive
3. Prose
Preface to a Romance (1866)
Notes
Appendix 1. Ghalib’s Comments on His Own Verses
Appendix 2. Ghalib Concordance, with Standard Divan Numbers
Glossary of Technical Terms and Proper Names
Bibliography
Index
Urdu Text
Series List
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