निकलना खुल्द से आदम का सुना था हमने,
पर बड़े बे-आबरू हो तेरे कूचे से हम निकले..

[ Lit: although I have heard the ignoble departure of adam from garden of eden / ( I still say) i was disgraced while leaving your street ]

- Ghalib, “hazaron khawahishain aisi” ( A thousand wish like these…) c. 1840s

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