Punishment to the Ages!
There are certain Urdu couplets that just touch you! This is one of them.. specially the second line that I have put in bold! Wow, what a thought! (Got from Adnan)
yeh daur bhi dekha hai tariiKh ki aaNkhoN ne
lamhoN ne Khataa kii hai sadiyoN ne sazaa paaii hai
~ Muzaffar Razmi