dahr meñ naqsh –e –vafā vaj .h –e –tasallī na huā
hai ye vo lafz ki sharminda –e –ma .anī na huā
sabza –e –ḳhat se tirā kākul –e –sarkash na dabā
ye zamurrad bhī harīf –e –dam –e –af .ī na huā
maiñ ne chāhā thā ki andoh –e –vafā se chhūTūñ
vo sitamgar mire marne pe bhī raazī na huā
dil guzargāh –e –ḳhayāl –e –mai –o –sāġhar hī sahī
gar nafas jāda –e –sar –manzil –e –taqvī na huā
huuñ tire va .ada na karne meñ bhī raazī ki kabhī
gosh minnat –kash –e –gulbāñg –e –tasallī na huā
kis se mahrūmī –e –qismat kī shikāyat kiije
ham ne chāhā thā ki mar jaa .eñ so vo bhī na huā
mar gayā sadma –e –yak –jumbish –e –lab se 'ġhālib'
nā –tavānī se harīf –e –dam –e –īsī na huā
na huī ham se raqam hairat –e –ḳhatt –e –ruḳh –e –yār
safha –e .ā .ina jaulāñ –gah –e –tūtī na huā
vus .at –e –rahmat –e –haq dekh ki baḳhshā jaave
mujh sā kāfir ki jo mamnūn –e –ma .āsī na huā
Source & attribution User-supplied Urdu corpus: urdu_ghazals_30_poets_multilingual.json. Poet: Mirza Ghalib. Dataset poem: dahr-men-naqsh-e-vafaa-vajh-e-tasallii-na-huaa-mirza-ghalib-ghazals. The source credits Rekhta. Roman text is Urdu transliteration, not an English translation.
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