Embers of Passion - Asafuddowlah, Mohammad
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The covers of this book contain the poetical marvels of Mirza Asadullah Khan 'Ghalib', the most oft-quoted poet of Urdu language, the 8th most spoken in the word. In modernizing the expressions of poetry he produced a brilliant mix of the cerebral and the emotional. A deep sense of sarcasm permeates his poetry. His poems become extremely compelling as they elude to lives, hopes, and failed dreams. He seems to have conquered personal pain and was able to look back at them with a passionate sense of humor. The greatest Urdu poet will now be known and appreciated by a wider audience. Here we have…mehr

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The covers of this book contain the poetical marvels of Mirza Asadullah Khan 'Ghalib', the most oft-quoted poet of Urdu language, the 8th most spoken in the word. In modernizing the expressions of poetry he produced a brilliant mix of the cerebral and the emotional. A deep sense of sarcasm permeates his poetry. His poems become extremely compelling as they elude to lives, hopes, and failed dreams. He seems to have conquered personal pain and was able to look back at them with a passionate sense of humor. The greatest Urdu poet will now be known and appreciated by a wider audience. Here we have selected 100 of his most well known couplets in this translated version.
Autorenporträt
Mohammad Asafuddowlah is a poet, a former professor of English Literature, former editor of a National English Daily who had a long stint in civil bureaucracy, a national award winning musician who has authored many books of poems, both English and Bengali. His 'Pains and Panics' is a book on contemporary intellectual issues. He was also chairman of the National Radio and Television Commission. He is 84 and lives in Dhaka, Bangladesh with his wife, son, 3 daughters and 9 grandchildren.