Shakespeare’s curse

As I found a respite from tir­ing appli­ca­tions and worldly affairs, I couldn’t wait to get back to some of Ghalib’s works. How­ever, I stum­bled upon this as I was brows­ing. The tragedy of artists, as rue­ful it is, is also as intrigu­ing and cap­ti­vat­ing. And if tempt­ing the fate is the price to pay for being able to write with such fer­vor, I could die a thou­sand times

sher kehte ho bahut khoob tum ‘Akhtar’, lekin
achchhe shaa’ir, yeh sunaa hai, ke jawaan marte hain

- Jahaan Nisaar Akhtar

The pic­ture is of Shakespeare’s tomb­stone with his famous curse engraved–

Good frend for Jesus sake for­beare,
To digg the dust encloased heare.
Blest be ye man yt spares thes stones,
And curst be he yt moves my bones.

Good friend, for Jesus’ sake, forbear*,

To dig the dust encloséd here.

Blessed be the man that spares these stones,

And cursed be he that moves my bones.

Good friend, for Jesus’ sake, for­bear,
To dig the dust encloséd here.
Blessed be the man that spares these stones,
And cursed be he that moves my bones.

I so wish to per­son­ally pay a visit to Strat­ford where the Bard of Avon con­ceived his great works. Someday.

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