The Lightning Should Have Fallen On Ghalib
Bly, Robert, Thapar, G.D. . Rupa Publications India . English
Ghalib was a renowned Urdu and Persian poet. Much of his life was spent in Delhi and he bore witness to the British conquest of the city in 1857. Ghalib wrote in the tradition of Hafiz and Rumi, but his poetry is distinctive: his spiritual struggles and the stark honesty with which he writes, speaks to a universal audience. The Lightening Should Have Fallen on Ghalib: Selected Poems of Ghalib is a collection of thirty ghazals, translated into English by Robert Bly and Sunil Dutta, demonstrating Ghalib's complete mastery of an elegant poetic form revered for centuries in the Muslim world.
Categories: Poetry
About the Author
Robert Bly is the author, editor and translator of numerous works of poetry and prose. His books include Eating the Honey of Words: New and Selected Poems, Morning Poems, The Soul Is Here for Its Own Joy: Sacred Poems from Many Cultures, Meditations on the Insatiable Soul as well as Iron John, The Sibling Society and The Maiden King, written with Marion Woodman. He lives in Minnesota. Sunil Dutta was born in Jaipur. He is a biologist and a student of classical Indian music and literature. He has played a role in the attempt to preserve the ancient Indian musical tradition of Dhrupad. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
