English & Urdu Translation of Hafiz 28

                                            Ghazal 28


Persian:  Khushtar zay aesh e sohbat o bagh o bahar cheest
              Saqi kujaast goo sabab e intazar cheest
Urdu:      May kay baghaer bazm hay kya, nobahar kya
              Saqi kahan hay aur hay yeh intazar kya

English:=== How pretty is the garden, how nice the spring
                  So come, my love, some wine you bring
                                                      -

Persian:  Maani e aab e zindagi o roza e aram
              Juz tarf e jooebar o may e khushgawar cheest
Urdu:      Maani e aab e zindagi o roza e aram
              Juz tarf e jooebar o may e khushgawar kya

English:=== And without wine and women in the paradise
                  There'll be nothing, O preacher, to advertise
                                                          -

Persian:  Her waqt e khush keh dast dehad mughtanam shumaar
              Kas ra waqoof neest keh anjaam e kaar cheest
Urdu:      Thori bohat khushi bhee zamanay maen hay bohat
              Juz ranj werna umr ka anjaam kaar kya

English:=== O let's be happy, and have no strife
                  For after this life, there may be no life
                                                          -

Persian:  Paewand e umr basta ba mooyast, hosh dar
              Ghamkhar e khaish bash, gham e roozgaar cheest
Urdu:        Daam e zaman say bach kay maen uljha houn zulf maen
                Hay taera gham to mujh ko gham e roozgaar kya

English:=== I love the chain of her braided hair
                  And the pangs of bondage I love to bear
                                                            -

Persian:  Raz e daroon e parda zay rindaan e mast purs
              Aey muddayi niza e to az Perdadaar cheest   
Urdu;      Raz e daroon e purda toe mastoun say poochhiay
              Hosh o khirad ko wasta e Perdadaar kya

English:=== The mystery of being only topers know                                                          -
                  And the pious men only put up a show
                                                            -

Persian:  Mastoor o mast her do chun az yak qabeela and
              Ma dil ba ishwaay keh dahaem ikhtiaar cheest
Urdu:      Darwaish o rind asl maen donoun hi aek haen
              Dil day kay un kay paa raha ikhtiaar kya

English:=== The mystics and topers indeed are one
                  For the choice, being lovers, they have none
                                                          -

Persian:  Sehv o khata e banda chun geerand aetabaar
              Mani e afv o rehmat e Perwardigaar cheest
Urdu:      Makr o faraeb dunya maen haen kaamyaab jab
              Mani e afv o rehmat e Perwardigaar kya

English:=== This world of ours is full of conceit
                  And wherever you look, there's deceit
                                                            -

Persian:  Zahid sharaab e kousar o HAFIZ piyala khast
              Ta darmiyana khasta e Kardgaar cheeest
Urdu:      Kousar ka khumr sheikh ko, HAFIZ ko jaam e may
              Donoun maen hay pasand tujhay Kardgaar kya

English:=== The preacher is pious and HAFIZ a sinner
                  Let's see in Heaven who'll be the winner
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