The mind craves to fly far away. / In the guise of a beggar, eyes wet with tears
Imagine it’s raining cats and dogs The hilly river has let the hair loose
Eternity collapses at the wheel of change. / Past is lost
In my deep sleep, you came, my love—
A review of ‘Temple Lamp: Verses on Banaras’ (India Penguin Classics, 2023) by Mirza Ghalib, translated by Maaz Bin Bilal
