
وفا مقابل و دعوائے عشق بے بُنیادجنونِ ساختہ و فصلِ گُل، قیامت ہے!
Faithfulness opposed, the claim of love without foundation,feigned madness and the season of roses: what a calamity!
Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalibمرزا اسد اللہ خاں غالبؔ
Painting: Posthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719–1748) holding a falcon (recto), 1764. Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0.