A line from India
A small living planet you can hold.
A thousand desires, each one worth dying for; many of my longings came true, and still too few.
ہزاروں خواہشیں ایسی کہ ہر خواہش پہ دم نکلے / بہت نکلے مرے ارمان لیکن پھر بھی کم نکلے
مرزا غالب
Urdu and Persian poet · 1797–1869
Born in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Diwan-e-Ghalib, the ghazal Hazaron khwahishen aisi, opening couplet
Planet-X translation, 2026 · Source (opens the digitised edition in a new tab)