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نہ ہوگا "یک بیاباں ماندگی" سے ذوق کم میرا
حبابِ موجۂ رفتار ہے نقشِ قدم میرا
Na hoga yak-bayaban-mandagi se zauq kam mera
Habab-e-mauja-e-raftar hai naqsh-e-qadam mera
محبت تھی چمن سے لیکن اب یہ بے دماغی ہے
کہ موجِ بوئے گل سے ناک میں آتا ہے دم میرا
Mohabbat thi chaman se lekin ab ye be-dimaghi hai
Ki mauj-e-bu-e-gul se nak mein aata hai dam mera
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Source: Diwan-e-Ghalib (Urdu) — radif alif, ghazal 12 (the two couplets of the standard divan)
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Two couplets kept in the standard Diwan. The traveller says a whole desert of weariness will not dull his longing, and that the garden he once loved now tires him so much that even the scent of roses leaves him breathless.
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