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اسد زندانیٔ تاثیرِ الفت ہائے خوباں ہُوں

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

اسد زندانیٔ تاثیرِ الفت ہائے خوباں ہُوںخمِ دستِ نوازش ہو گیا ہے طوق گردن میں

Asad, I am a prisoner of the effect of the fair ones' love:the collar on my neck has become the curve of a caressing hand.

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.