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نہ بندھے تِشنگیٔ ذوق کے مضموں، غالب

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

Princess and attendant in trompe l’oeil window, c. 1765

نہ بندھے تِشنگیٔ ذوق کے مضموں، غالبگرچہ دل کھول کے دریا کو بھی ساحل باندھا

Ghalib, the themes of thirsty longing could not be captured,though I opened my heart and made even the river a shore.

Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalibمرزا اسد اللہ خاں غالبؔ
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Painting: Princess and attendant in trompe l’oeil window, c. 1765. Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0.