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ستایش گر ہے زاہد، اس قدر جس باغِ رضواں کا

A couplet by Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, with Roman Urdu and translations.

Posthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719–1748) holding a falcon (recto), 1764

ستایش گر ہے زاہد، اس قدر جس باغِ رضواں کاوہ اک گلدستہ ہے ہم بیخودوں کے طاقِ نسیاں کا

The ascetic so praises the garden of Rizwan (paradise),yet it is only a bouquet on the forgotten shelf of us who are lost to ourselves.

Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalibمرزا اسد اللہ خاں غالبؔ
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Painting: Posthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719–1748) holding a falcon (recto), 1764. Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0.