English & Urdu Translation of Hafiz 97

                                            Ghazal 97


Persian:  Shahidaan gar dilbari zinsaan kunand 
              Zahidaan ra rakhna dar eimaan kunand
Urdu:      Dilbari kuchh aisie dildaaraan karaen
              Zahidoun ka khatr maen eimaan karaen

English:=== The beauties whenever with preachers flirt
                  Them faith and creed instantly desert
                                                -

Persian:  Yaar e ma chun saazad aahang e samaa
              Qudseean dar arsh dust afshaan kunand
Urdu:      Jab mera mehboob ho naghmasara
              Raqs farsh e arsh per houraan karaen

English:=== And when they ever hear them sing
                  The houris in Heaven swing, and swing
                                                  -

Persian:  Rukh numaayad aaftaab e daulatat
              Ger chu subhat aaina rakhshaan kunand
Urdu:      Aaftaab e rukh say taeray aashiqaan
              Apnay dil ka aaina rakhshaan karaen

English:=== Their radiant face when the lovers see
                  Contain they cannot their ecstasy
                                                  -

Persian:  Mardum e chashmam ba khoun aghashta shud
              Az kuja in zulm bar insaan kunand
Urdu:      Sad hazaar aankhaen hui haen gharq e khoun
              Zulm insaanoun pay yuin insaan karaen

English:=== But when they become cruel and severe
                  The lovers shed blood with every tear
                                                  -

Persian:  Aashiqaan ra bar sar e khud hukm neest
              Her cheh farmaan e to baashad, an kunand
Urdu:      Ikhtiaar e aashiqaan koie naheen
              Hukmraani un pay maashooqaan karaen

English:=== And since they love with heart and soul
                  On lovers the beauties have full control
                                                  -

Persian:  Paesh e chashmam kamtar ast az qatraay
              In hikaayatha keh baa toufaan kunand
Urdu:      Aagay sayl e ashk kay kuchh bhee naheen
              Chahay kitna qissa e toufaan karaen

English:=== And those who shed in tears the blood
                  They aren't impressed by the biblical flood
                                                  -

Persian:  Kun nighahay az do chashmat ta rawaan
              Marg ra bar baydilaan aasaan kunand
Urdu:      Taeri aankhaen mehrbaan houn ger zara
              Aashiqoun ki mout ko aasaan karaen     

English:=== The lovers on their death when they come to see
                  Easy they make their mortality
                                                  -

Persian:  Eid e rukhsaar e to koo ta aashiqaan
              Dar wafayat jaan o dil qurbaan kunand
Urdu:      Eid e rukhsaar e butaan aaay agar
              Jaan o dil ushshaq sab qurbaan karaen

English:=== And when they see on the cheek a mole
                  Gladly the lovers sacrifice the soul
                                                  -

Persian:  Khush bar aa az ghussa aey dil kahl e raaz
              Aesh e khush dar boota e hijraan kunand
Urdu:      Daekh ahl e raaz ko aey dil keh wo
              Aesh e khush say kum gham e hijraan karaen

English:=== So cheer up, O heart, your pain will pass
                  And you will get out of this morass
                                                  -

Persian:  Sar makash HAFIZ zay aah e neem shab
              Ta chu subhat aaina rakhshaan kunand
Urdu:      Gham na ker HAFIZ keh naalaha e shab
              Subha ki manind dil rakhshaan karaen

English:=== A lover, O HAFIZ, shouldn't complain
                  For there is no gain without the pain
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