1/1: couplet

ishq par zor nahin

hai ye wo aatish, ghalib

ki lagaaye na lage

aur bujhaaye na bane

we have no power over love,

it is a burning fire, ghalib

lights up without being lit, and

once lit, can’t be extinguished

Mirza Ghalib

(61)

zor (4) power, control

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