Amir Minai

Amir Minai of Rampur is described in the book as one of the best poets of the latest period and a great mystical poet whose qasidahs for Muhammad are sung by devotees. He was court poet of Rampur, travelled to Mecca and Medina, and after the death of his patron Nawab Kalbe Ali Khan came to Hyderabad, where he was a rival of Dagh and is buried by his side.

The 7 pieces given here are drawn from Hindustani Lyrics (London: The Sufi Publishing Society, 1919), in the English verse of Inayat Khan and Jessie Duncan Westbrook. They are free renderings, not literal translations, and the original Urdu poems are untitled; each is named here by its first line.