18 Quotes by Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

आशिक़ हूँ प माशूक़-फ़रेबी है मिरा काम मजनूँ को बुरा कहती है लैला मिरे आगे

अगले वक़्तों के हैं ये लोग इन्हें कुछ न कहो जो मय ओ नग़्मा को अंदोह-रुबा कहते हैं

For the raindrop, joy is in entering the river.

Love demands patience, desire is restless; What color shall I paint the heart, until you savage it? You shall not ignore me when the time comes, I know, but I may turn to dust before the news reaches you.

In the deadly sweep Of every wave, A thousand dangers lie in wait.

Love cannot be seeded into someone. It is a fire that is difficult to kindle but once it takes on, it is equally difficult to extinguish.

I asked my soul: What is Delhi? She replied: The world is the body and Delhi its life!

Oh, Lord, it is not the sins I have committed that I regret, but those which I have had no opportunity to commit.

The world is no more than the Beloved’s face. And the desire of the One to know its own beauty, we exist.