When nothing was, then God was there,
Had nothing been God would have been;
My being has defeated me,
Had I not been, what would have been.


The Famous Ghalib (ed. 2000) - ISBN: 9788174361196


When nothing was, then God was there, Had nothing been God would have been; My being has defeated me, Had I not been, what would have been.

When nothing was, then God was there, Had nothing been God would have been; My being has defeated me, Had I not been, what would have been.

When nothing was, then God was there, Had nothing been God would have been; My being has defeated me, Had I not been, what would have been.

When nothing was, then God was there, Had nothing been God would have been; My being has defeated me, Had I not been, what would have been.