in dinoñ garche dakan meñ hai baḌī qadr-e-sukhan
(Nowadays, there’s a lot of respect to poetry in the Deccan)
kaun jaa.e ‘zauq’ par dillī kī galiyāñ chhoḌ kar
(But who would want to leave the alleyways of Delhi, Zauq?)
– Sheik Ibrahim Zauq
The Remnants of Invasions in India
Dusty Albums 