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Calligraphed scorpion, mid-19th c, attributed to Bahadur Shah Zafar:

‎Calligraphed scorpion, mid-19th c, attributed to Bahadur Shah Zafar:

‎It reads:

‎نیش عقرب نه از ره کینه است

‎ مقتضای طبیعتش این است

‎”Scorpion’s stinging is not out of aversion. It is [unintentionally] required by his nature.”

Ajmal Siddiqui adds

Ye maine abbu se suna thha, bas “nesh e aqrab” ki jagah “nesh e kazhdum” kehte thhe wo.

Nesh e kazhdum na az paye keen-ast

Muqtazaaye tabeeyatash een-ast

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