A DANCE OF SPARKS Imagery of Fire in Ghalib’s Poetry ANNEMARIE SCHIMMEL S: Ghalib Academy New Delhi© Ghalib Academy, New Delhi Firstedition in 1979 Reprint 2007 ISBN 81-904001-0-X Price Rs. 150/- Published By Ghalib Academy Basti Hazrat Nizamuddin, ‘New Delhi - 110 013 Phone : 011-24351098 Distributed by = Faizbooks.com 1116 Main Bazar, Paharganj, Printed in India by Printing Service Corporation, New Delhi IN MEMORIAM Dr ZAKIR HUSAINFOREWORD ‘The four articles contained in this book—with the exception of the Introduction—were developed out of talks given in connection with the Ghalib Centenary ia 1969 in Karachi and Delhi, The last article, Poeiry and Calligraphy, was published without footnotes, and in a slightly different form, in Pakistan Quarterly XX. ‘The articles constitute an attempt to offer the reader some of the thecretical background necessary for a proper evaluation of Ghilib’s poetry. ANNEMARIE SCHIMMEL Combridge, Mass. May 1974