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کرے ہے بادہ، ترے لب سے، کسبِ رنگِ فروغ

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

کرے ہے بادہ، ترے لب سے، کسبِ رنگِ فروغخطِ پیالہ، سراسر نگاہِ گلچیں ہے

The wine takes its bright colour from your lips:the line of the cup is wholly the flower-picker's gaze.

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.