From an ALUP post by Zafar
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musavvir Edgar Degas (jis ke pastel bahut mash'hoor haiN) ne 'azeem French shaa'ir Stephane Mallame se kahaa, "meraa zehn Khayaalaat se aTaa paRaa hai, lekin saaraa din koshish karne ke baavajood maiN aik nazm kee chand satreN bhee naheeN likh sakaa." is par Mallarme ne javaab diyaa, "huzoor, ye aap se kis *hakeem* ne kahaa hai k nazm Khayaalaat se bantee hai? nazm to Khayaalaat se naheeN *alfaaz* se bantee hai!
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...Robert Browning kaa ye qaul yaad dilaa'ooN gaa:

"When I had written this poem [Sordello], only God and I knew what it meant; but now, only God knows!!!!" :))
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Melody of Firaq -DAWN Magazine; 16 February, 2003
By S. Irtiza Hussain
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But in intellectual matters, because of his above-mentioned background, he was fair. Although he was, as submitted and only to be expected, an extremely staunch Miri, yet, I remember, when I recited a couplet (which I can not recall now after nearly 60 years) of Ghalib, he said without the slightest hesitation, completely spontaneously, and in a tone full of admiration: "Ghalib kay yahan kya naheen hai?" On another occasion, I am told, he said, "Mir was the greater poet, Ghalib was the greater artist."
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maut aur zindagii by Ali Sardar Jafri
posted on ALUP by Vasmi Abidi

vo jabeen jis pe chamakta tha dahakta hua chaand
sard hai os meN bheege huve phooloN ki tarah
jism lakRi ki tarah saKht hua jaataa hai
haath haiN Khushk, bayaabaaN ke babooloN ki tarah
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majmu'a: Khuun kii lakiir
Nau Hind Publishers, Bombay, 1949