حين لم يكن شيء، كان اللهُ موجودًا، ولو لم يكن هو لما كان شيء؛ وقد غلبتني ذاتي، فلو لم أكن لما كان ما كان.
النص الأصلي بالإنجليزية
“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.”Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib — The Famous Ghalib (2000)