لب خشک در تشنگی، مردگاں کا
زیارت کدہ ہوں دل آزردگاں کا
Lab-e-khushk dar tishnagi, murdagan ka
Ziyarat-kada hun dil-azurdagan ka
ہمہ نا امیدی، ہمہ بد گمانی
میں دل ہوں فریبِ وفا خوردگاں کا
Hama na-ummidi, hama bad-gumani
Main dil hun fareb-e-wafa-khurdagan ka
Selected couplets.
Source: Diwan-e-Ghalib (Urdu) — radif alif, ghazal 39 (the two couplets of the standard divan)
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Two couplets kept in the standard Diwan. The poet calls himself the dry lip of those who died of thirst, a shrine visited by the wounded of heart, and the heart of everyone who was deceived by a promise of faithfulness.
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