Abstract

This paper aims at extracting from the ghazals' collection, known as Muravvaj divan, by the greatest classical Urdu poet Ghalib, the words of the language of love distinctive of this kind of lyric poetry, whose very topic is by definition romantic. These terms will be commented upon and contextualized, as well as related to another kind of terms, i.e. boundaries, meant as the limits of the amorous experience in a broad sense. In so doing, the extant critical material, especially the works by Ralph Russell and Frances Pritchett, will be taken well in account.