شب کہ برقِ سوزِ دل سے زہرۂ ابر آب تھاشعلۂ جوّالہ ہر اک حلقۂ گرداب تھا
Last night, when the lightning of my heart's burning turned the clouds' courage to water,every ring of the whirlpool was a whirling flame.
Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalibمرزا اسد اللہ خاں غالبؔ
画作: Lovers and beloveds: A composite of scenes from Persian, Urdu, and Sanskrit literature, c. 1735. Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0.