“Not for nothing have I fallen for "Rekhta" verse,
The darling of my heart was Deccan domicile.”

—  Wali Mohammed Wali

Masterpieces of Urdu Ghazal from the 17th to the 20th Century, p. 18
Poetry, Couplets

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