Whoever can't see the whole in every part plays at blind man's bluff. A wise man tastes the entire Tigris in every sip.
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
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
Consumed by the agony of remembrance The remembrance of night's festive company The one remaining candle flickers and dies.
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
The object of my worship lies beyond perceptions reach. For those who see, the Ka'ba is a compass, nothing more.
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
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.
I asked my soul: What is Delhi? She replied: The world is the body and Delhi its life! - Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib
I asked my soul: What is Delhi? She replied: The world is the body and Delhi its life!
Lest we forget: It is easy to be human, very hard to be humane - Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib
Lest we forget: It is easy to be human, very hard to be humane
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
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.
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
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…
Alas, not all things in life are easy; Even man struggles to be human. - Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib
Alas, not all things in life are easy; Even man struggles to be human.
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