Analysis of No Hope Comes My Way

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



No hope comes my way
No visage shows itself to me

That death will come one day is definite
Then why does sleep evade me all night?

I used to laugh at the state of my heart
Now no one thing brings a smile

Though I know the reward of religious devotion
My attention does not settle in that direction

It is for these reasons that I am quiet
If not, would I not converse with you?

Why should I not remember you?
Even if you cannot hear my lament

You don't see the anguish in my heart
O healer, the scent of my pain eludes you

I am now at that point
That even I don't know myself

I die in the hope of dying
Death arrives and then never arrives

How will you face Mecca, Ghalib
When shame doesn't come to you


Scheme XX AX BX CC AD DX BD XX XX XD
Poetic Form Etheree  (25%)
Metre 11111 11010111 1111111100 111101111 1111101111 1111101 1110011010010 1010111001010 11111011110 111111011 11110101 1011101101 111010011 11001111011 111111 1101111 11001110 101011001 1111101 1110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 693
Words 146
Sentences 4
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 55
Words per stanza (avg) 14
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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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