The poet sends greetings to your beauty.

Whenever the colour of your garment has been scattered on the rooftop,

Sometimes dawn has brightened up, other times, noon; sometimes evening.

Whenever your beautiful body has been adorned by the dress

All the cypresses and pines in the garden have been decked out;

When the heart has drowned the wine-cup

In the shade of your cheek and lips, then the carpet of the ghazal is spread.

The poet sends greetings to your beauty.

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So long as the light of henna brightens your palms,

The coquetry of the bride of poetry continues in the world

So long as your beauty is young, heaven is kind;

So long as you remain, the expanse of our country is my companion;

Even though the times are oppressive and hardships are severe,

The bitterness of Time is sweetened by your memory.

The poet sends greetings to your beauty.

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From: Dast-i ṣabā (Hand of the Wind). Dihlī: Senṭral Buk Ḍipo, 1952. pp. 67 – 68

Tumhāre ḥusn ke nām is quoted in full in Urdu Poetry, 1935-1970