English & Urdu Translation of Hafiz 201

                                          Ghazal 201


Persian:  Khurram aan rooz kaz ein manzil e weeraan barawam
              Raahat e jaan talabam waz pay e janaan barawam
Urdu:      Aek din chorh kay yeh khaana e weeraan jaoun
              Paoun maen raahat e jaan, dar pay e jaanaan jaoun

English:=== When I leave this world, I'll be happy and gay
                  I'll meet my Maker; with Him I'll stay
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Persian:  Gercheh daanam keh ba jaay naburad rah e ghareeb
              Mun ba boo e khush e aan zulf e pareeshaan barawam
Urdu:      Jaan ker bhee keh na manzil hay koie is reh maen
              Maen daroon paich o kham e zulf e pareeshaan jaoun

English:=== Without Him in life there is only dismay
                  I feel like a stranger who has lost his way
                                                -

Persian:  Chu saba, baa dil e beemaar o tan e baitaaqat
              Ba hawadaari e ann sarv e kharaamaan barawam
Urdu:      Joun saba baa dil e beemaar o tan e baitaaqat   
              Ba hawadaari e aan sarv e khraamann jaoun

English:=== I find this world so dingy and bleak
                  My heart is sick, and I feel so weak
                                              -

Persian:  Dilam az wehshat e zindaan e Sikandar bagrift
              Rakht bar bandam o ta mulk e Suleimaan barawam
Urdu:      Tang hay wehshat e zindaan e Sikandar say dil
              Ya Khuda kis terheh dar mulk e Suleimaan jaoun

English:=== For I'm not happy in this worldly empire
                  In the kingdom of Solomon I'd like to retire
                                              -

Persian:  Dar reh e o chu qalam gar ba saram baayad raft
              Baa dil e dardkash o deeda e giryaan barawam
Urdu:      Jo bulaay mera maashooq toe maen sar kay bal
              Baa dil e dardkash o deeda e giryaan jaoun

English:=== And when I see my Maker's face
                  With tears I'll enter the realm of grace
                                              -

Persian:  Nazr kardam keh gar ein gham ba sar aayad roozay
              Ta dar e maikada shaadaan o ghazalkhaan barawam
Urdu:      Gham say fursat ho toe maen aish say kaisay daekho
              Dar e maikhaana pay shaadaan o ghazalkhaan jaoun

English:=== But before I leave, since it is not too far
                  I'll go, and sing, and dance in the bar
                                                -       

Persian:  Ba hawadaari e o zarrasifat raqskunaan
              Ta lab e chashma e khursheed e darakhshaan barawam
Urdu:      Raqs kerta hua zarray ki terheh kirnoun maen
              Choomnay ko wo rukh e mehr e darakhshaan jaoun

English:===And I will be dancing and having the fun
                  Like a speck of dirt in the beam of the sun
                                                -

Persian:  Nazukaan ra chun gham e hal e garitaaraan neest
              Sarbaanaan madaday ta khush o aasaan barawam
Urdu:      Naazneen kartay naheen rehm gariftaarounn per
              Sarbaan ker too madad ta khush o aasaan jaoun
   
English:===  And although my journey is full of woe
                    I'll take it easy whenever I go
                                              -

Persian:  War chu HAFIZ nabaram reh zay biabaan bairoon
              Hamrah e kokaba e Aasif e douraan barawam
Urdu:      Azn HAFIZ day agar dastnawardi toe man
              Hamrah e kokaba e Aasif e douraan jaoun

English:=== And, HAFIZ, if I could not find my way
                  I'll become the Premier's prote'ge'
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