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Mehr ka Kalam (Poems of Mehr)

مہر کا کلام

by Mirza Hatim Ali Beg Mehr مرزا حاتم علی بیگ مہر

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Forty-seven ghazals by Mirza Hatim Ali Beg Mehr (d. 1879), the friend and correspondent of Ghalib: all his poems on Urdu Wikisource. Witty and ingenious in the mid-nineteenth-century manner, they include a ghazal written wholly in undotted letters, one with a Persian refrain, a ghazal on Holi, and a lament for…

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About this book

Forty-seven ghazals by Mirza Hatim Ali Beg Mehr (d. 1879), the friend and correspondent of Ghalib: all his poems on Urdu Wikisource. Witty and ingenious in the mid-nineteenth-century manner, they include a ghazal written wholly in undotted letters, one with a Persian refrain, a ghazal on Holi, and a lament for Benares, the city he left and longed for: "Ever since fate parted me from Benares, only 'Alas, Benares!' stays on my tongue." Complete Urdu text with a facing line-by-line English translation, introduction and glossary. Cite as: Mirza Hatim Ali Beg Mehr, Mehr ka Kalam, tr. urduintranslation.com (2026), https://www.urduintranslation.com/works/mehr-ka-kalam. The first two chapters are free to read.

غالب کے دوست اور مکتوب الیہ مرزا حاتم علی بیگ مہر (م ۱۸۷۹ء) کی سینتالیس غزلیں: ویکی ماخذ پر ان کا پورا کلام۔ انیسویں صدی کے وسط کے انداز میں پرلطف اور صنعت پسند، ان میں ایک غزل پوری غیر منقوط ہے، ایک فارسی ردیف میں، ایک ہولی پر، اور بنارس کا ایک نوحہ، جس شہر کو انہوں نے چھوڑا اور جس کی یاد میں تڑپتے رہے: ’’جب سے مجھے قسمت نے بنارس سے چھڑایا، رہتا ہے زباں پر مرے بس ہائے بنارس‘‘۔ مکمل اردو متن مع سطر بہ سطر انگریزی ترجمہ، تعارف اور فرہنگ۔ پہلے دو باب مفت پڑھے جا سکتے ہیں۔

Contents

5 chapters
  1. 1About This Edition and Introductionاس اشاعت کے بارے میں اور تعارفPublic sample
  2. 2Ghazals Iغزلیں (۱)Public sample
  3. 3Ghazals IIغزلیں (۲) Membership
  4. 4Ghazals IIIغزلیں (۳) Membership
  5. 5Glossaryفرہنگ Membership

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