Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib Born : December 27, 1797 Died : February 15, 1869 Browse All Authors Top 22 quotes by 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 body soul world Love knows no difference between life and death Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib life-and-death differences love Lest we forget: It is easy to be human, very hard to be humane Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib humane easy forget 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 kindles difficult fire Alas, not all things in life are easy; Even man struggles to be human. Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib leadership struggle men For the raindrop, joy is in entering the river. Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib raindrops rivers joy When nothing was, then God was there, Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib defeated has-beens 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 know, but I may turn to dust before the news reaches you. Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib color dust heart The drop grows happy by losing itself in the river. Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib grows losing rivers 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 perception worship lying The world is no more than the Beloved's face. And the desire of the One to know its own beauty, we exist. Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib spiritual faces desire For how tiny the world, Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib eggs garden sky Oh, Lord, it is not the sins I have committed that I regret, but those which I have had no opportunity to commit Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib regret sin opportunity Since sorrow follows joy As autumn does the spring Man must transcend the joys Of earth, which sorrows bring. Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib autumn spring men 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. Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib wise play men He gave me heaven and earth, and assumed I'd be satisfied; Actually I was too embarrassed to argue. The spiritual seekers are tired, two or three at each stage of the path. The rest who have given up never knew your address at all. There are so many in this gathering who wish the candle well. But if the being of the candle is melting, what can the sorrow-sharers do? Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib tired spiritual two If there is a knower of tongues here, fetch him; There's a stranger in the city And he has many things to say. Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib fetch tongue cities Whereas it is difficult for everything to work out easily, A man cannot even afford to be a human Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib difficult work-out men In the deadly sweep Of every wave, A thousand dangers lie in wait. Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib wave waiting lying The world is a playground -Indian Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib playgrounds inspirational world
