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دَھول دَھپّا اُس سراپا ناز کا شیوہ نہیں

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

دَھول دَھپّا اُس سراپا ناز کا شیوہ نہیںہم ہی کر بیٹھے تھے غالب پیش دستی ایک دن

Rough-and-tumble is not the way of that embodiment of grace:Ghalib, it was we who made the first move one day.

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.