Dard minnat-kash-e-dawa na hua,
Main na achha hua bura na hua.
– Mirza Ghalib
Hindi:
दर्द मिन्नत-कश-ए-दवा न हुआ,
मैं न अच्छा हुआ बुरा न हुआ।
– मिर्ज़ा ग़ालिब
English Translation:
The pain didn’t bow to medicine’s grace,
I was never healed—nor lost in any case.