English & Urdu Translation of Hafiz 171

                                          Ghazal 171


Persian:  Sufi gulay bacheen o muraqqa ba khaar bakhsh
              Ween zuhd e khushk ra ba mai e khushgawaar bakhsh
Urdu:      Sufi guloun ko daekh, muraqqa ba khaar bakhsh
              Taqwa o zohd sab ba mai e khushgawaar bakhsh

English:=== Look at the rose and ignore the thorn
                  And drinking, O preacher, do not scorn
                                                -

Persian:  Taamaat o zarq dar reh e aahung e chang neh
              Tasbeeh o teelsaan ba mai o maigusaar bakhsh
Urdu:      Zikr o bayaan e ishq ba aahang e chang ker
              Fikr o maarfat ba mai o maigusaar bakhsh

English:=== Go sing and dance and leave the shrine
                  And sell your rosary for a cup of wine
                                                -

Persian:  Zohd e garaan keh saaqi o shahid namikharand
              Dar halqa e chaman ba naseem e bahaar bakhsh
Urdu:      Zohd e garaan keh saaqi o shahid pay hay garaan
              Halqay maen baagh kay ba naseem e bahaar bakhsh

English:=== And for your piety the girls don't care
                  So when you see them, your love you declare
                                                  -

Persian:  Raham sharaab e laal zad aey meer e aashiqaan
              Khoun e mara ba chah e zanikhdaan e yaar bakhsh
Urdu:      Go lab nay khoun kya hay, na lay maera khounbaha
              Khoun balkeh yeh ba chah e zanikhdaan e yaar bakhsh

English:=== And though it kills me again and again 
                  I'm dying to kiss her dimpled chin
                                                -

Persian:  Ya Rab ba waqt e gul guneh e banda afu kun
              Ween maagra ba sarv e lab e jooaybaar bukhsh
Urdu:      Ya Rab ba waqt e gul guneh e banda afu ker
              Ho jo khata ba sarv e lab e jooyabaar bakhsh

English;=== Drinking I cannot resist in the spring
                  When sitting by the water and hearing her sing
                                                  -

Persian:  Aey aan keh reh ba mashrab e maqsood burdaie
              Zeen behr qatraay ba mun e khaaksaar bakhsh
Urdu:      Bakhsha Khuda nay mashrab e maqsood ger tujhay
              Ik qatra behr ka ba dil e khaaksaar bakhsh

English:=== All kinds of drinks you have in your shop
                  O maid of the bar, just give me a drop
                                                  -

Persian:  Shukraana e keh roo e tura chashm e bad na deed
              Ma ra ba afw o lutf e Khudawandagaar bakhsh     
Urdu:      Ta keh Khuda rakhay tujhay her chashm e bad say dour
              Hum ko too behr e luts e Khudawandaggar bakhsh

English:=== The evil spirits may you always defy
                  May God protect you from the evil eye
                                                  -

Persian:  Saaqi chun shah noosh kunad baada e sabooh
              Goo jaam e zar ba HAFIZ e shabzindadaar bakhsh
Urdu:      Jab shah kartay noush saboohi haen saaqia
              Ik jaam e zar ba HAFIZ e shabzindadaar bakhsh

English:=== Drinking with the king has made me bold
                  Now, HAFIZ, I want wine in a cup of gold
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