Lines by Mirza Ghalib
Mirza Ghalib
مرزا غالب
Urdu and Persian poet · 1797–1869
Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib lived through the last years of the Mughal court in Delhi. His ghazals, full of longing and wit, are among the most loved poems in Urdu.
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
Diwan-e-Ghalib, the ghazal Hazaron khwahishen aisi, opening couplet
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