If
you're new to Ghalib
and just want to check out a few verses, you could try {18,3},
about Laila and Majnun; or {62,5}, which
has a rueful sense of humor; or {71,2},
a brilliant tangle of curls and thoughts; or the impossibly simple
and lovely {95,6}; or, if you're a wine-drinker,
{114,5}. For amusement, try {116,3}; for cold chills, {126,5};
or for metaphysical delight, {138,1},
about the sky and an ant's egg; or {10,12}, about what holds our lives together.
If you want to look at a whole ghazal, two well-known and well-loved
ones are {20} and {111},
which both come equipped with anthologies of translations. Or there's
the cleverly simple {35}, the seductive
{49}, or the irresistible {208}.
On a ghazal page, every verse number is
a hyperlink to a special page for that verse. The script bar
near the top of ghazal and verse pages (and at the bottom of most
others) will give you viewing choices; for Devanagari
readers, a special note.
If
you know your way around
in the ghazal world, here's some analytical
access. And for regular visitors, a progress
report.
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The index above has the form of five pages that follow the traditional
sequence of the muravvaj diivaan --
*ghazals {1} - {48}*, ending in
aa
*ghazals {49} - {83}*, ending in b
through m
*ghazals {84) - {129}*, ending in
n through h
*ghazals {130} - {180}*, ending
in e and ii -- part one
*ghazals {181} - {234}*, ending
in e and ii --
part two
An analytical index that presents the (published)
ghazals in consistent alphabetical order according to radiif
and qaafiyah --
*ghazals {1} - {48}*, ending in aa
*ghazals {49} - {83}*, ending in b
through m
*ghazals {84) - {129}*, ending in n
through h
from ghazals {130} - {234} -- *ghazals
that end in hai *
from ghazals {130} - {234} -- *ghazals that
end in ii *
from ghazals {130} - {234} -- *ghazals that
end in e *
Unpublished verses from published ghazals will
be textually available through the index pages of the published versions
of the ghazals; selected verses will receive commentary, also linked
through those index pages. For details, see S.
R. Faruqi's choices.
Unpublished ghazals will be textually available
through the index below, and selected verses will receive commentary:
