اسد بسمل ہے کس انداز کا، قاتل سے کہتا ہے’تو مشقِ ناز کر، خونِ دو عالم میری گردن پر‘
Asad, what kind of wounded man is he, who says to the killer:"Practise your coquetry; the blood of both worlds is on my neck."
Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalibمرزا اسد اللہ خاں غالبؔ
画作: A Princess on a Terrace with Attendants at Night (recto), c. 1760. Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0.