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Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
Mirza Ghalib in Old Age
Mirza Ghalib in Old Age
Mirza Ghalib in Old Age
His eyesight failed him,But in his soldier’s hands,
Still held like a sword,
Was the mirror of couplets.
By every post came
Friends’ verses to correct,
But his rosary-chain
Was a string of debts.
© 2008, Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
From: Both Sides of the Sky (anthology ed. by Eunice de Souza)
Publisher: National Book Trust, New Delhi
From: Both Sides of the Sky (anthology ed. by Eunice de Souza)
Publisher: National Book Trust, New Delhi
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Mirza Ghalib in Old Age
His eyesight failed him,But in his soldier’s hands,
Still held like a sword,
Was the mirror of couplets.
By every post came
Friends’ verses to correct,
But his rosary-chain
Was a string of debts.
From: Both Sides of the Sky (anthology ed. by Eunice de Souza)
Mirza Ghalib in Old Age
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