Category: Mirza Asadullah Ghalib English Quotes

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

The River The drop grows happy by losing itself in the river. Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

My Sould Replied I asked my soul: What is Delhi? She replied: The world is the body and Delhi its life! Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

Beloved’s Face The world is no more than the Beloved’s face. And the desire of the One to know its own beauty, we exist. Mirza…

Workout Easily Whereas it is difficult for everything to work out easily, A man cannot even afford to be a human Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

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

Tiny World For how tiny the world, This ant’s egg-and the sky! Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

Love Cannot Be Seeded Love cannot be seeded into someone. It is a fire that is difficult to kindle but once it takes on, it…

Stranger In The City If there is a knower of tongues here, fetch him; There’s a stranger in the city And he has many things…

Love Knows Love knows no difference between life and death The one who gives you a reason to live is also the one who takes…

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

He Gave He gave me heaven and earth, and assumed I’d be satisfied; Actually I was too embarrassed to argue. The spiritual seekers are tired,…

Troubles In My Life I have seen almost all the possible Troubles in my life, The last one that I have to face is the…

Hard To Be Humane Lest we forget: It is easy to be human, very hard to be humane. Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

Raindrop For the raindrop, joy is in entering the river. Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

GOD Was There When nothing was, then God was there, Had nothing been God would have been; My being has defeated me, Had I not…

Playground The world is a playground -Indian Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

Every Wave In the deadly sweep Of every wave, A thousand dangers lie in wait. Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

Object Of My Worship The object of my worship lies beyond perceptions reach. For those who see, the Ka’ba is a compass, nothing more. Mirza…

Candle Consumed by the agony of remembrance The remembrance of night’s festive company The one remaining candle flickers and dies. Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

Oh Lord Oh, Lord, it is not the sins I have committed that I regret, but those which I have had no opportunity to commit…

Blind Man’s Bluff Whoever can’t see the whole in every part plays at blind man’s bluff. A wise man tastes the entire Tigris in every…

Sorrow Follows Since sorrow follows joy As autumn does the spring Man must transcend the joys Of earth, which sorrows bring. Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib