Mir Taqi Mir - Mir Vs Mirza Ghalib

Mir Vs Mirza Ghalib

Mir's famous contemporary, also an Urdu poet of no inconsiderable repute, was Mirza Rafi Sauda. Mir Taqi Mir was often compared with the later day Urdu poet, Mirza Ghalib. Lovers of Urdu poetry often debate Mir's supremacy over Ghalib or vice versa. It may be noted that Ghalib himself acknowledged, through some of his couplets, that Mir was indeed a genius who deserved respect. Here are two couplets by Mirza Ghalib on this matter.

“	Reekhtay kay tumhi ustaad nahi ho Ghalib Kehte hain kisi zamane me koi Mir bhi tha *You are not the only master of Urdu, Ghalib* They say there used to be a Mir in the past	”
—Mirza Ghalib

“	Ghalib apna yeh aqeeda hai baqaul-e-Nasikh Aap bey behrah hai jo muataqid-e-Mir nahi **Ghalib! Its my belief in the words of Nasikh,* "He that vows not on Mir, is himself unlearned!"**	”
—Mirza Ghalib

*Shaikh Imam Bakhsh Nasikh of Lucknow, a disciple of Mir.

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