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وحشت و شیفتہ اب مرثیہ کہویں شاید

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

A Princess on a Terrace with Attendants at Night (recto), c. 1760

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
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Painting: A Princess on a Terrace with Attendants at Night (recto), c. 1760. Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0.

Roman Urdu

'vahshat' o 'shefta' ab marsiya kahveñ shaayadmar gayaa 'Gaalib'-e-aashufta-navaa, kahte haiñ

Translations

English
Wahshat and Shefta may perhaps write an elegy now;they say Ghalib of the troubled song is dead.
العربية
لعلّ وحشت وشيفته يكتبان الآن مرثية؛يقولون: مات غالب صاحب النغم المضطرب.
中文
瓦赫沙特和谢夫塔如今也许要写挽歌了;人们说,那吟唱纷乱之音的迦利布死了。
Français
Wahshat et Shefta écriront peut-être maintenant une élégie ;on dit que Ghalib au chant troublé est mort.
Español
Wahshat y Shefta quizá escriban ahora una elegía;dicen que Ghalib, el del canto turbado, ha muerto.
Русский
Вахшат и Шефта теперь, пожалуй, сложат элегию:умер, говорят, Галиб, певец смятенных напевов.

From: Intikhab-e-Ghalib: Sixty Ghazals of Mirza Ghalib · Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib · About the poet

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