Twenty couplets to carry with you — the heart of Ghalib's divan in one sitting.
The god of poetry in twenty couplets — Mir at his most piercing and plain.
Twenty couplets of selfhood and fire — Iqbal urging the soul to rise.
Twenty couplets of wit and flirtation — the easy charm that made Daagh beloved.
The twenty couplets Urdu poetry keeps returning to when it speaks of love.
Twenty couplets of ache and endurance — dard distilled.
Twenty couplets on living — zindagi weighed, wagered and wondered at.
Twenty couplets for the moon — chaand in every mood.