Analysis of No Hope

Mirza Ghalib 1797 (Kala Mahal) – 1869 (Chandni Chowk, Delhi)



I am left with no hope at all,
No possibility to reach my goal,

The Day of my death is fixed,
I am so very anxious that I can not sleep all night.

Though I know the reward of obedience and worship,
But I have no tendency for it.

I am silent for a certain reason,
Otherwise I can convince you with my words,

Why I shouldn't cry,
For when I don't, she asks about me,

My heart is burning, though you cannot see the spot,
But O my doctor, can't you smell my heart burn?

I have reached to a certain state,
From where even I cannot find myself.

I am dying (Waiting anxiously)  for my death,
I don't know where the hell my death has gone.

With what face you will go to Ka'ba, O! Ghalib,
You should be ashamed of yourself while thinking to go there.


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Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 11111111 101001111 0111111 11110101111111 11100110100010 111110011 1110101010 1011011111 11101 111111011 111101110101 11110111111 11110101 111011011 111010100111 1111011111 1111111111 11101101110111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 735
Words 151
Sentences 8
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 62
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Mirza Ghalib

Ghalib born Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan was a prominent Urdu and Persian poet during the last years of the Mughal Empire. more…

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