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ہم سے رنجِ بیتابی کس طرح اٹھایا جائے

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

The Dream of Zuleykha, c. 1770

ہم سے رنجِ بیتابی کس طرح اٹھایا جائےداغ پشتِ دستِ عجز، شعلہ خس بہ دنداں ہے

How can we bear the pain of restlessness?The scar is the back of helplessness's hand, the flame a straw held in the teeth. [TN: to hold a straw in the teeth is to beg for mercy.]

Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalibمرزا اسد اللہ خاں غالبؔ
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Painting: The Dream of Zuleykha, c. 1770. Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0.