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 cold chills, try {126,5}; or for metaphysical delight, {138,1}, which is about the sky and an ant's egg;

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}.

Note that 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 DIVAN-E GHALIB:
an index in traditional order

*Ending in aa -- ghazals {1} - {48}*
*Ending in b -- ghazal {49}*
*Ending in t -- ghazals {50} - {53}*
*Ending in j-- ghazals {54} - {55}*
*Ending in ch -- ghazal {56}*
*Ending in d -- ghazal {57}*
*Ending in r -- ghazals {58} - {66}*
*Ending in z -- ghazals {67} - {71}*
*Ending ins -- ghazal {72}*
*Ending in sh -- ghazal {73}*
*Ending in (( -- ghazals {74} - {75}*
*Ending in f -- ghazal {76}*
*Ending in k -- ghazals {77} - {78}*
*Ending in g -- ghazal {79}*
*Ending in l -- ghazal {80}*
*Ending in m -- ghazals {81} - {83}*
*Ending in n -- ghazals {84} - {116}*
*Ending in o -- ghazals {117} - {127}*
*Ending in h -- ghazals {128} - {129}*
Ending in e or ii --
*ghazals {130} - {180}*
and then *ghazals {181} - {234}*

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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:

*xx ghazals ending in aa *
*xx ghazals ending in b through m *
*xx ghazals ending in n through h *
*xx ghazals ending in hai *
*xx ghazals ending in ii *
*xx ghazals ending in e *