Mirza Ghalib was the preeminent Indian Urdu and Persian poet during the last years of the Mughal Empire. He used his pen-names of Ghalib (Ghalib means "dominant") and Asad (Asad means "lion"). His honorific was Dabir-ul-Mulk Najm-ud-Daula. During his lifetime the Mughals were eclipsed and displaced by the British and finally deposed following the defeat of the Indian rebellion of 1857 events that he wrote of. Most notably he wrote several ghazals during his life which have since been interpreted and sung in many different ways by different people.


Ghalib the last great poet of the Mughal Era is considered to be one of the most popular and influential poets of the Urdu language. Today Ghalib remains popular not only in India and Pakistan but also amongst diaspora communities around the world.


We bring to you a collection of Mirza Ghalib's Hindi ghazals and shayari.


मिर्झा गालिब की शायरी हिंदी में|