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گلشن میں بند وبست بہ رنگِ دگر ہے آج
قمری کا طوق حلقۂ بیرونِ در ہے آج
Gulshan mein bandobast ba-rang-e-digar hai aaj
Qumri ka tauq halqa-e-berun-e-dar hai aaj
آتا ہے ایک پارۂ دل ہر فغاں کے ساتھ
تارِ نفس کمندِ شکارِ اثر ہے آج
Aata hai ek para-e-dil har fughan ke sath
Tar-e-nafas kamand-e-shikar-e-asar hai aaj
اے عافیت! کنارہ کر، اے انتظام! چل
سیلابِ گریہ در پےِ دیوار و در ہے آج
Ai afiyat! kinara kar, ai intizam! chal
Sailab-e-girya dar-pa-e-diwar-o-dar hai aaj
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Source: Diwan-e-Ghalib (Nuskha-e-Nizami), Ghazaliyat, radif ج
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Three couplets kept in the standard divan. The garden is arranged differently today: the dove's neck-ring has become the knocker on the door. Each cry brings a piece of the heart with it, and a flood of tears is after the walls and door, so comfort and order are told to step aside.
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