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شب زلف و رخِ عرق فشاں کا غم تھا

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

شب زلف و رخِ عرق فشاں کا غم تھاکیا شرح کروں کہ طرفہ تر عالم تھا

Last night I grieved over tresses and a face scattering sweat:how can I explain? It was a stranger world.

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.