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Asad, let the teasing of the beloved go on: if not union, let it be longing.
— Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib مرزا اسد اللہ خاں غالبؔ
A Princess on a Terrace with Attendants at Night (recto), c. 1760
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اس اشاعت کے بارے میں یہ دہلی کے مرزا فرحت اللہ بیگ (۱۸۸۳ء تا ۱۹۴۷ء) کے مضمون "بہادر شاہ اور پھول والوں کی سیر" کا مکمل اردو متن اور انگریزی ترجمہ ہے، مصنف کے اپنے حواشی سمیت۔
“About This Edition This is the complete Urdu text and an English translation of *Bahadur Shah aur Phool Walon ki Sair* ("Bahadur Shah and the Flower-Sellers' Festival") by Mirza Farhatullah Baig of Delhi (1883–1947), with the author's own notes. Source of the Urdu text: the transcription on Urdu Wikisource…”
Bahadur Shah aur Phool Walon ki Sair (Bahadur Shah and the Flower-Sellers' Festival)
Mirza Farhatullah Baig · About This Edition and Introduction
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gesuu-e-taabdaar ko aur bhii taabdaar kar / hosh-o-KHirad shikaar kar, qalb-o-nazar shikaar kar
Haz que las trenzas rizadas se ricen aún más; caza los sentidos y la razón, caza el corazón y el ojo.
— Allama Muhammad Iqbal علامہ محمد اقبالؔ
Bhairava Raga, early 1800s
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How is bahan (sister) pronounced?
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Bahadur Shah aur Phool Walon ki Sair (Bahadur Shah and the Flower-Sellers' Festival)
بہادر شاہ اور پھول والوں کی سیر
Mirza Farhatullah Baig · About This Edition and Introduction
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Seeing me secretly eager to shake off my hem, my nakedness tied me to my body.
— Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib مرزا اسد اللہ خاں غالبؔ
A blindfolded suitor is brought before a princess (recto), 1755
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۱۹۔ کب دل شکست گاں سے کر عرض حال آیا کب دل شکست گاں سے کر عرض حال آیا ہے بے صدا وہ چینی جس میں کہ بال آیا سینے سے میں دعا کو لایا جو شب لبوں تک کہنے لگی اجابت کیدھر خیال آیا کونین تک ملی تھی جس دل کی مجھ کو قیمت قسمت کہ یک نگہ پر جا اس کو ڈال آیا بخشش پہ دو…
“19. When did one of the broken-hearted come to plead his case? When did one of the broken-hearted come to plead his case? China with a hairline crack in it gives no ring. When at night I brought a prayer from my breast up to my lips, Acceptance said, "What has come into your head?" The heart for which I had been…”
Sauda: Selected Poems
Mirza Muhammad Rafi Sauda · Ghazals 19–24
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Asad, from eye to heart, is the mirror of one ray of longing: the line of the writer's cup is brimming with the bounty of meaning.
— Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib مرزا اسد اللہ خاں غالبؔ
A blindfolded suitor is brought before a princess (recto), 1755
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