نالۂ دل میں شب اندازِ اثر نایاب تھاتھا سپندِ بزمِ وصلِ غیر، گو بیتاب تھا
Last night my heart's lament lacked any sign of effect:it was rue burnt in the rival's gathering of union, restless though it was.
Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalibمرزا اسد اللہ خاں غالبؔ
画作: Posthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719–1748) holding a falcon (recto), 1764. Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0.