Find a list of discussions in the Khwaja Mir Dard of Famous Poets at the Urdu Poetry & Shayari Islamic Art Ghazals Poems Urdu Stories/Kahaniyan Gup Shup & Desi Chat. The Khwaja Mir Dard - Khwaja Mir Dard (خواجہ میر درد) (born. 1721 – died. 1785) is one of the major poets of the Delhi School, whomare the pillars of the classical Urdu ghazal.The secret of Dard's appeal as a poet lies not in his mysticism, but in his ability to transmute this mysticism into poetry, and to present transcendental love in terms of human and earthly love. Dard generally excels in short ghazals.