
وحشت و شیفتہ اب مرثیہ کہویں شایدمر گیا غالبؔ آشفتہ نوا، کہتے ہیں
'vahshat' o 'shefta' ab marsiya kahveñ shaayadmar gayaa 'Gaalib'-e-aashufta-navaa, kahte haiñ
Wahshat and Shefta may perhaps write an elegy now;they say Ghalib of the troubled song is dead.
Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalibمرزا اسد اللہ خاں غالبؔ
Painting: A Princess on a Terrace with Attendants at Night (recto), c. 1760. Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0.