Khwaja Mir Dard

Khwaja Mir Dard (Urdu: خواجہ میر درد) was born in 1721 and died in 1785. He is one of the three major poets of the Delhi School the other two being Mir Taqi Mir and Mirza Sauda who are considered the pillars of the classical Urdu ghazal.

Poetry

Dard's Persian prose works are extensive, consisting of the Ilm ul Kitab, a 600+ page metaphysical work on the philosophy of the Muhammadi path, and the Chahar Risalat, collections of more than a thousand mystical aphorisms and sayings.

Example work:

دوستوں دیکھا تماشا یہاں کا بس

تُم رہو اب ہم تو اپنے گھر چلے ۔
doston dekha tamasha yahan ka bas.

tum raho ab hum to apne ghar chale

 Dard

Or as translated into English:

My friend, we've seen enough fine sights, through which we loved to roam.

You stay on to enjoy them; we are ready to go home.

 Dard

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