Beautiful Ghalib Poem by James Dylan

Beautiful Ghalib



We have all discovered something or someone
We never knew
Even though a billion others
Knew of their greatness

Every artist of some sort likes to mention
A discovery of someone that was hidden
Jeff Buckley to Nusrat Fateh
Melville to Shakespeare
Keats to Milton

Now I take you on a journey
Through my discovery of blindness
A journey of
Beauty and talent
Shairi and Ghazals
Singing and dancing
Drinking and loving

This is everything you will find
In the works of a man
Beloved as that part of the worlds Shakespeare
A figure just as sublime and important

A culture so ancient and impressive
A people so talented and progressive
Beautiful, intelligent
All the mixes of the world
Can be found on the shores
That he wrote upon
Centuries ago

He once told me
He who is drowned in a pool of wine
Is the fortunate man….

Or a couple of lines
From one of his most beloved poems….

Thousands of desires there are, each worth dying for
many of them I have realized...yet I yearn for more

I who am foreign to the language
The beautiful Urdu I do not know
Rely on the translator
And hope
They made a faithful translation
As the beauty of the original
Should never be mistaken

Mirza you deserve a spot
Next to any poet we have called great
You far outshine most of them
There are many beloveds
And unrequited love is always depressing
Thankfully your words
Were a beautiful blessing

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