The Original Rock Star
Hue mar ke hum jo rusva , hue kyun na gharqe darya ; Na kabhi janaza uthta , na kahin mazar hota " Translation : After death I was so disgraced; why didn't I just drown in the river ? For then no coffin had to be raised , nor any grave built. Remembering Mirza Nausha Asad Ullah Khan Ghalib. A poet par excellence, a life most extra ordinaire. Death : February 15, 1869 Lived : Ever after The original Rock Star Na tha kuch to khuda tha… … The greatest lyric poet in Urdu and arguably in any language of the world, Mirza Asadullah Khan ‘Ghalib’, was born on 27th December, 1797.A mystical sufi by inclination , self-consciously rakish and aristocratic by temperament , Ghalib who lived in penury was a character full of contrast and contradictions. One of the very rare geniuses in history, who were completely aware of their superlative abilities and the limitations of their contemporaries, Ghalib was extremely vocal and disdainful of the same. This was