Mir

Urdu literature is rich with poetic geniuses like Mirza Ghalib Allama Iqbal Nazeer Akbarabadi Mirza Rafi Sauda Mir Anis and many more. But Mir Taqi Mir occupies a place that is topmost amongst all the poets of the Urdu language.Mir is Khuda-e-Sukhan the God of poetry.  Mir writes that his father often told him that love is supreme and it is on the foundations of love that the world functions. Young as he was Mir imbibed his fathers teachings and practiced them lifelong making love the primary subject of his poetry. Mir talks about love with reverence.While Mir may talk of worldly love about the physical beauty of the beloved and at times even with the frivolousness that comes with youth. However if one looks deeper one finds that love for him is divinity in all its forms. Parastish ki yaaN tak ki ai but tujhe nazar mein sabhoN ki khuda kar chale I idol-worshipped you with such strong emotion and made you God in the world’s perception