Analysis of Pain did not become grateful to medicine

Mirza Ghalib 1797 (Kala Mahal) – 1869 (Chandni Chowk, Delhi)



Pain did not become grateful to medicine
I didn't get well; [but it] wasn't bad either

Why are you gathering the Rivals?
[It was just] a mere spectacle [that] took place, no complaint was made

Where would we go to test our fate/ destiny?
When you yourself did not put your dagger to test

How sweet are your lips, that the rival
[after] receiving abuse, did not lack pleasure

Recent/ hot news is that she is coming
Only today, in the house there was not a straw mat!

Does the divinity belonged to Namrood'?
[cause] in your servitude, my wellbeing did not happen

[God] gave life- the given [life] was His alone
The truth is; that the responsibility was not fulfilled [by us]

If the wound was pressed, the blood did not stop
[though] the task was halted, [but the bleeding still] set out

Is it highway robbery, or is it heart-theft?
Having taken the heart, the heart-thief set out [to depart]
Recite something, for people are saying
Today "Ghalib" was not a ghazal-reciter


Scheme AB XC XX XB DX CA XX XX XXDB
Poetic Form
Metre 11101101100 110111110110 111100010 1110110011110111 111111101100 110111111011 111111010 10100111110 1011111110 1001001111011 1001000111 101101101110 11101011101 0111000100110111 1011101111 1011101010111 11110011111 10100101111101 0110110110 01111011
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 966
Words 176
Sentences 6
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 38
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 85
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Mirza Ghalib

Ghalib born Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan was a prominent Urdu and Persian poet during the last years of the Mughal Empire. more…

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