Couplet
بازیچۂ اطفال ہے دنیا مرے آگےBazicha-e-Atfal Hai Duniya Mere Aage
by Mirza Ghalib مرزا غالب Attributed
بازیچۂ اطفال ہے دنیا مرے آگے
ہوتا ہے شب و روز تماشا مرے آگے
Baazeecha-e-atfaal hai duniya mere aage
Hota hai shab-o-roz tamaasha mere aage
बाज़ीचा-ए-अतफ़ाल है दुनिया मिरे आगे
होता है शब-ओ-रोज़ तमाशा मिरे आगे
“The world is a children's playground before me; night and day a spectacle unfolds before me.”
A plain-English paraphrase of the opening, not a literary translation.
- Attribution
- Widely attributed to this poet. Our editors have not yet checked this text against a printed edition, so small variations from published versions are possible.
- Source
- Diwan-e-Ghalib (as cited; edition and page to be added)
- Rights
- Public domain (poet died long ago). The Roman and Hindi transliterations are by Lafzon Ki Dunia.
About the poet
مرزا غالبMirza GhalibMirza Asadullah Khan, who wrote under the pen names Ghalib and Asad, was born in Agra and spent most of his life in Delhi. He wrote in both Urdu and Persian. His Urdu ghazals, collected in his Diwan, are known for their … Read more