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