Nasir Nazir Firaq Dehlavi

ناصر نذیر فراق دہلوی

Nasir Nazir Firaq Dehlavi in the original Urdu with a facing English translation. The first two chapters of each work are free with ads; Members and Patrons can read the full work without ads. Works can also be read in Roman Urdu and Hindi script.

Life1865–1933

Khwaja Nasir Nazir Firaq Dehlavi was born in Delhi, into a family descended from Khwaja Mir Dard. He wrote poetry and prose and was one of the chroniclers of the old city before its world disappeared.

His sketches of Delhi life, its fairs, gardens, customs and characters, preserve the speech and manners of the Mughal capital and are read today as a record of a lost culture.

Works by Nasir Nazir Firaq Dehlavi

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Firaq ki Dilli (Firaq's Delhi)

فراق کی دلی

Nasir Nazir Firaq Dehlavi

Eight prose pieces on old Delhi by Nasir Nazir Firaq Dehlavi (died 1933), the pupil of Muhammad Husain Azad who spent his life recording the vanished world of the Mughal court and the walled city. A Sufi saint's blessing on Timur leads to the building of Shah Jahan's new city; a young wife writes to her sister about a Delhi wedding in the women's own idiom; court storytellers trade jokes before Bahadur Shah; a king's favourite dancing girl meets her match in a clever minister; a forgotten fakir by the moat of the Red Fort prophesies its fall; a governor under Aurangzeb wins favour with a single Persian couplet; a morning walk in 1925 turns into a lament for the bounty of the old court; and a poor goldsmith's family wastes three wishes granted by a hermit. Complete Urdu text with a facing English translation, introduction and glossary. Cite as: Nasir Nazir Firaq Dehlavi, Firaq ki Dilli, tr. urduintranslation.com (2026), https://www.urduintranslation.com/works/firaq-ki-dilli. The first two chapters are free to read.

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