This earth, burnished by hearing the name, is so certain of love,
that the sky bends unceasingly down, to greet its own light.

- Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

Consumed by the agony of remembrance The remembrance of night's festive company The one remaining candle flickers and dies.

- Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

The object of my worship lies beyond perceptions reach. For those who see, the Ka'ba is a compass, nothing more.

- Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

When nothing was, then God was there, Had nothing been God would have been; My being has defeated me, Had I not been, what would have been.

- Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

Love cannot be seeded into someone. It is a fire that is difficult to kindle but once it takes on, it is equally difficult to extinguish.

- Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

I asked my soul: What is Delhi? She replied: The world is the body and Delhi its life!

- Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

Love demands patience, desire is restless; What color shall I paint the heart, until you savage it? You shall not ignore me when the time comes, I kn…

- Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

Alas, not all things in life are easy; Even man struggles to be human.

- Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

Lest we forget: It is easy to be human, very hard to be humane

- Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib