1/9: Mir Taqi Mir

phirte ho ‘mir’ sahab

sab se juda juda tum

shaayad kaheen

tumhaara dil in dinon laga hai

o mir, you keep roaming

away from everyone else

perhaps you have your heart

set on someone these days?

Theme:Heart, Mind & Memory (58)

2/9: Mir Taqi Mir

dil ki viraani ka

kya mazkur hai

ye nagar sau martaba

luta gaya

of this heart’s desolation

what’s there to say

a hundred times has

this city been plundered

Theme:Heart, Mind & Memory (58)

3/9: Mir Taqi Mir

baad marne ke

meri qabr pe aaye woh ‘mir’

yaad aayi mere isa ko

dawa mere baad

my beloved came to my grave

after i am dead

my healer remembered the cure

after i am gone

Theme:Loneliness, Solitude & Grief (92)

4/9: Mir Taqi Mir

pattaa-pattaa buutaa-buutaa

haal hamaara jaane hai

jaane na jaane gul hi na jaane

baagh to saara jaane hai

every leaf, every plant

knows my feelings

the whole garden knows them

even if the flower doesn't

Theme:Friends, Family & Community (108)

5/9: Mir Taqi Mir

mohabbat ne zulmat se

kaadhaa hai noor

na hoti mohabbat

na hota zuhoor

from the depths of darkness

love has brought out light

without love

there is no sight

Theme:Creativity, Philosophy & Enlightenment (30)

6/9: Mir Taqi Mir

ye zard zard chehra

ye laghari badan mein

kyaa ishq mein hua hai

ai ‘mir’ haal tera

your face so pale

and body so frail

what love is it, ‘mir’,

that got you to this state

Theme:Love, Passion and Longing (88)

7/9: Mir Taqi Mir

mastaana saath mere

roti phire hai bulbul

gul se jo dil lagaa hai

abtar hai haal us ka

drunk and free, the nightingale

cries and roams around with me

with the heart set on the flower

and in a wretched, broken state

Theme:Loneliness, Solitude & Grief (92)

8/9: Mir Taqi Mir

zakhm jhele, daagh bhi

khaye bahut

dil laga kar hum to

pachhtaaye bahut

many wounds i bore,

many scars did i sustain

getting my heart entangled

i regretted a lot

Theme:Heart, Mind & Memory (58)

9/9: Mir Taqi Mir

kiska kaaba? kaisa qibla?

kaun haram hai? kya ehraam?

kooche ke us ke baashindon ne

sab ko yahin se salaam kiya

which sanctum? what holy direction?

who is divine? which holy robes?

from the lane of the beloved

we bid farewell to all

Theme:Religion, Reason & Tradition (48)