Some Verses of Ghalib--Translated by Sunil Uniyal--India

Some Verses of Ghalib (Translated by Sunil Uniyal) ~

Even a task that looks easy, can prove to be a difficult thing
Indeed it's hard for any man to be a simple human being !
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A drop by merging into the sea, attains its bliss
Pain becomes a panacea, when it crosses all limits
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All elements of nature are destined to decay
The sun is here like a lamp in whirlwind's way
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Know even the songs of heart in grief, to be a gift of fortune
For, this lyre of existence would one day be without its tune
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Ghaiib, when on the shore, my ship has arrived already
Why to rant before God, the pilot's idiosyncrasy?

(Note: These verses are from my work on Mirza Ghalib, the nineteenth century Urdu poet of Delhi, India- Tears of Blood- Selected Verses of Ghalib, Partridge, a Penguin Random House Co., July 2014, available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Kindle).

Sunil Uniyal ( born 1953-) is a poet and translator based in New Delhi, India. He has been writing haiku and poems for over thirty years and many of these have appeared in e-journals like Muse India, Kritya, AHA Poetry, Poetica Magazine, Sketch Book, Notes From the Gean, A Hundred Gourds and Haiku Dreaming Australia. His work in translation includes, The Target is Behind the Sky -Fifty Poems of Kabir, brought out by the Low Price Publications, Delhi in February 2012.