English & Urdu Translation of Khusro 11

                                        Ghazal 11


Persian  Dar kham e  gasoo e kafir kesh dari tarha
              Behr e gumreh karden e pakanst in zinnar ha
Urdu:      Dar kham e gasoo e kafir kesh teray tarha
              Behr e gumrahi e pakan haen yeh sub zinnar ha

English:=== Lo, tangled are the pious ones in the curly brown hair
                  And caught is all their piety in its wavy twisted snare
                                                  -

Persian:  Parda bardar az rukhay kan maya e divangi
              Kaz dimagh e aaqilan baron burad pindarha
Urdu:      Parda chehray say utha ta maya e divangi
              Yeh nikalay maghz e hushyaran say kuch pindarha

English:=== And dazzled so the learned are by the beauty of her face
                  That gone are all their tact and wit, and lost they've their grace
                                                    -

Persian:  Fitna o jor ast o afat karzar e husn e to
              Husn ra aray bawad ingoona dast afzyarha
Urdu:      Fitna o aashob o afat karzar e husn men
              Husn kay hen pass kesay dekheay ozarha

English:=== The clamors and the tumults are, of every shade and grade
                  The powers of the beauty and also its tools of trade
                                                      -

Persian:  Aashti deh ba labam lab ra keh aazaram ba kam
              Kaz pus e an aashti khush bashad in aazarha
Urdu:      Lal e lab say day mari tishna labi ko aashti
              Takeh hoan is aashti say kum meray aazarha

English:=== Yet kissing her lovely ruby lips is a pleasure and a thrill
                  A cure for every malady and a curb for every ill
                                                      -

Persian:  Khar kharay dar dil ast o ghanjhaey khun bar an
              Chun kunam chun khud juz in gul nakshanad zeen kharha
Urdu:      Dil mera hay khar khar aur khun ghaza khar ka
              Aakay aey gul kar too kum kuch mera dard e kharha

English:=== The path of love and passion is a thorny one indeed
                  But follow will I the rose of mine if she will take the lead
                                                      -

Persian:  Hast dar koo e to bustanhaey gham ta bangari
              Sabzaha kaz girya rusta az tah e divarha
Urdu:      Meray ashkon nay banaya bostan koocha tera
              Ug raha hay kesa sabza az tah e divarha


English:=== And I'll reach there even when it takes me years and years
                  If short of water the garden is I'll supply it with my tears
                                                      -


Persian:  Guftamash jan me kanam, khun me khuram behr e to, guft
              Khusrava mushtaq ra juz in nabashad karha 
Urdu:      Khun pita aur marta daikh ker us nay kaha
              Hain na Khusro aashiqon ko in siva kuch karha

English=== So KHUSRO it is the long and short of the story of my love
                  And love is what it takes to keep the stars and moon in place above
                                                        ===