حسنِ فروغِ شمعِ سُخن دور ہے اسدپہلے دلِ گداختہ پیدا کرے کوئی
Asad, the beauty of the glow of the candle of speech is far:first one must produce a melted heart.
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.