Ghalib

Mirza Ghalib (* presumably December 27, 1797 in Agra, † February 15, 1869 in Delhi ) is known as Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan Ghalib, or, was an Indian poet of Turkish descent. He is one of the most famous and popular poets to this day in the Urdu language. Some of his poems are in India and Pakistan to general education. According to tradition, he adopted the name of poet Ghalib ( " Outstanding" ); However, his birth name is Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan.

Life

His native town is Agra where he was born as the son of Turkish nobles. At thirteen, he was married into a wealthy family and he left Agra to spend the rest of his life in Delhi. All his children died early. When he began to write poems, is unknown.

1850 was the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Ghalib Shah Zafar a title and came to his court. In 1854 he was appointed poetry teacher of the Emperor and the Crown Prince. However, Emperor Bahadur Shah was a pensioner of England's graces, and his reign lasted essentially only on the Red Fort in Delhi. Ghalib poet feud with the court poet Zauq seems to spring more to his profession as a personal enmity.

Through the rebellion of 1857 and the following deposition of Emperor Bahadur Shah Ghalib lost these items. He had inherited from his uncle, a pension to the extension he had to litigate. To this end, he traveled to Calcutta, but only after years his pension was awarded. Through his insistence on an aristocratic lifestyle, including drinking and gambling Ghalib was often strapped for cash. Finally, he was supported by the Nawab of Rampur. Ghalib died in 1869 in Delhi.

Work

Although Ghalib 's Persian poems gave the preference, he is today famous for his narrow work of Urdu poetry. These are only seemingly simple and often hide a network of allusions that come only gradually revealed. When he writes ironically:

You have to know that " drinking " in the religious Urdu poetry is a picture of ecstasy through God's grace. Ghalib but drank literally.

Ghalib maintained the attitude of a philosophical poet who for institutional religion had little left and it could count on the sympathy of the aristocracy:

In this sense, "love" metaphysical and " heartache " the foundation of existence:

Apart from his poetry his letters are an example of good Urdu prose alone deserves a place among the writers of South Asia him for.

Today's meaning

Ghalib poems are in India and Pakistan continue to music and sung and reach a large audience.

His life was in India in 1954 and 1961, filmed in Pakistan, including the setting of many of his poems. In 1988, the TV series Mirza Ghalib was broadcast in India, which was a great success.

In addition, several plays deal with the poet's life.

Swell

Russell, Ralph: Ghalib, Life and Letters, 2nd ed Delhi: Oxford University Press 1994

Dalrymple, William: The Last Mughal, London: Bloomsbury, 2006