Khīnc kar ānkhon men apnī surmah-’i dunbālahdār
Karte paidā siḥr se nargis men sosan āp hain
Drawing wing tip eyeliner around your eyes
You are magically producing irises out of narcissi
Bahādur Shāh ‘Ẓafar’ (1775-1862)
Khīnc kar ānkhon men apnī surmah-’i dunbālahdār
Karte paidā siḥr se nargis men sosan āp hain
Drawing wing tip eyeliner around your eyes
You are magically producing irises out of narcissi
Bahādur Shāh ‘Ẓafar’ (1775-1862)
Khīnc kar ānkhon men apnī surmah-’i dunbālahdār
Karte paidā siḥr se nargis men sosan āp hain
Drawing wing tip eyeliner around your eyes
You are magically producing irises out of narcissi
Bahādur Shāh ‘Ẓafar’ (1775-1862)
Khīnc kar ānkhon men apnī surmah-’i dunbālahdār
Karte paidā siḥr se nargis men sosan āp hain
Drawing wing tip eyeliner around your eyes
You are magically producing irises out of narcissi
Bahādur Shāh ‘Ẓafar’ (1775-1862)
Khīnc kar ānkhon men apnī surmah-’i dunbālahdār
Karte paidā siḥr se nargis men sosan āp hain
Drawing wing tip eyeliner around your eyes
You are magically producing irises out of narcissi
Bahādur Shāh ‘Ẓafar’ (1775-1862)
Khīnc kar ānkhon men apnī surmah-’i dunbālahdār
Karte paidā siḥr se nargis men sosan āp hain
Drawing wing tip eyeliner around your eyes
You are magically producing irises out of narcissi
Bahādur Shāh ‘Ẓafar’ (1775-1862)
Khīnc kar ānkhon men apnī surmah-’i dunbālahdār
Karte paidā siḥr se nargis men sosan āp hain
Drawing wing tip eyeliner around your eyes
You are magically producing irises out of narcissi
Bahādur Shāh ‘Ẓafar’ (1775-1862)
Khīnc kar ānkhon men apnī surmah-’i dunbālahdār
Karte paidā siḥr se nargis men sosan āp hain
Drawing wing tip eyeliner around your eyes
You are magically producing irises out of narcissi
Bahādur Shāh ‘Ẓafar’ (1775-1862)
Khīnc kar ānkhon men apnī surmah-’i dunbālahdār
Karte paidā siḥr se nargis men sosan āp hain
Drawing wing tip eyeliner around your eyes
You are magically producing irises out of narcissi
Bahādur Shāh ‘Ẓafar’ (1775-1862)
Khīnc kar ānkhon men apnī surmah-’i dunbālahdār
Karte paidā siḥr se nargis men sosan āp hain
Drawing wing tip eyeliner around your eyes
You are magically producing irises out of narcissi
Bahādur Shāh ‘Ẓafar’ (1775-1862)
Khīnc kar ānkhon men apnī surmah-’i dunbālahdār
Karte paidā siḥr se nargis men sosan āp hain
Drawing wing tip eyeliner around your eyes
You are magically producing irises out of narcissi
Bahādur Shāh ‘Ẓafar’ (1775-1862)
Khīnc kar ānkhon men apnī surmah-’i dunbālahdār
Karte paidā siḥr se nargis men sosan āp hain
Drawing wing tip eyeliner around your eyes
You are magically producing irises out of narcissi
Bahādur Shāh ‘Ẓafar’ (1775-1862)
Khīnc kar ānkhon men apnī surmah-’i dunbālahdār
Karte paidā siḥr se nargis men sosan āp hain
Drawing wing tip eyeliner around your eyes
You are magically producing irises out of narcissi
Bahādur Shāh ‘Ẓafar’ (1775-1862)
Khīnc kar ānkhon men apnī surmah-’i dunbālahdār
Karte paidā siḥr se nargis men sosan āp hain
Drawing wing tip eyeliner around your eyes
You are magically producing irises out of narcissi
Bahādur Shāh ‘Ẓafar’ (1775-1862)
Khīnc kar ānkhon men apnī surmah-’i dunbālahdār
Karte paidā siḥr se nargis men sosan āp hain
Drawing wing tip eyeliner around your eyes
You are magically producing irises out of narcissi
Bahādur Shāh ‘Ẓafar’ (1775-1862)
Paintings
from Public Collections
Agar us khush-dahan ke lab peh dekho rang missī kā
To phir zinhār barg-i ghuncah-i sosan nah dekhoge
If you see the color of missi on the lips
of that pretty mouth,
Beware, you will never notice the petal
of the iris bud again.
Sirāj Aurangābādī (1712-1764)
Kahā bulbul ne jab toṛā gul-i sosan ko gulcīn ne
Ilāhī khair kījo nīl-i rukhsār-i caman bigṛā
Said the nightingale when the flower picker plucked
the iris flower,
“Oh Lord! All right, go ahead and ruin the blue countenance
of the parterre.”
Haider ‘Alī ‘Ātish’ (1778-1847)
‘Arq-i bahār-i sharāb hai voh hī āj chiṛkenge āp par
Nah to bed-i mushk hai is ghaṛī nah to ke’oṛā nah gulāb hai
There is orange blossom water, that alone will they sprinkle on you today,
There is no musk willow at this time, no kewra, no rosewater is available.
Inshā’Allāh Khān ‘Inshā’ (1753-1817)
Agar us khush-dahan ke lab peh dekho rang missī kā
To phir zinhār barg-i ghuncah-i sosan nah dekhoge
If you see the color of missi on the lips
of that pretty mouth,
Beware, you will never notice the petal
of the iris bud again.
Sirāj Aurangābādī (1712-1764)
Kahā bulbul ne jab toṛā gul-i sosan ko gulcīn ne
Ilāhī khair kījo nīl-i rukhsār-i caman bigṛā
Said the nightingale when the flower picker plucked
the iris flower,
“Oh Lord! All right, go ahead and ruin the blue countenance
of the parterre.”