خوب ہے خاک سے بزرگوں کی

Khoob hai khaak se buzurgon ki

چاہتا تو مرے تئیں امداد

Chahta tu mere taeen imdaad

Excellent is it from the dust of the elders.
If you desire help for me.

پر مروت کہاں کی ہے اے میرؔ

Par murawwat kahan ki hai ae Meer!

تو ہی مجھ دل جلے کو کر ارشاد

Tu hi mujh dil jale ko kar irshad

But where is the kindness, O Mir?
Only you guide this burnt-hearted one.

Context

This couplet, attributed to the renowned Urdu poet Mir Taqi Mir, exemplifies the deep introspection and existential yearning characteristic of classical ghazal poetry. The poet seeks aid and wisdom from ancestral or spiritual sources ('dust of elders') but, finding a lack of 'muruwwat' (grace or kindness) in the world, turns to himself (Mirؔ) for guidance for his 'dil jale' (grieved or burnt heart), a common metaphor for a suffering soul.