English & Urdu Translation of Hafiz 205

                                          Ghazal 205


Persian:  Dar nihaankhaana e ishrat sanamay khush daaram
              Kaz sar e zulf o rukhash naal dar aatish daaram
Urdu:      Hay nihaankhaana e ishrat maen but e khush mujh ko
              Shola e rukh nay kya naal dar aatish mujh ko

English:=== I'm in love with a beautiful girl
                  In her I have found a precious pearl
                                                -

Persian:  Gar ba kaashaana e rindaan qadamay khahi zad
              Nuql e shaer e shakareen o mai e baighash daaram
Urdu:      Khum ba doash aa kay ba kaashaana e rindaan saaqi
              Sheereen ashaar suna, day mai e baighash mujh ko

English:=== Whenever she comes to my humble place
                  I offer her wine and a warm embrace
                                                -

Persian:  War to zein dast mara bai sar o saamaan daari
              Mun ba aah e saharat zulf mushawash daaram
Urdu:      Bandh kay dil rakhay gar paich o kham e gaisoo maen
              Zulf say taeri na ho itni kashakash mujh ko 

English:=== But when I play and mess up her hair
                  She wants to split and go elsewhere
                                                -

Persian:  Aashiq o rindam o maikhaara ba aawaaz e buland
              Aen hama mansab az aan shookh e pariwash daaram
Urdu:      Aashiq o rind houn, aawaara o maikhaara houn
              Daikh kya too nay kya shoakh e pariwash mujh lo

English:=== A toper, a beggar, a tramp I am
                  But being a lover, I don't give a damn
                                              -

Persian:  Gar chuneen jalwa numaayad khat e zangaari e doost
              Mun rukh e zard ba khoonaaba munaqqash daaram
Urdu:      Hay ba rang e gul o nasreen rukh e gulnaar tujhay
              Hay ba khoonaab bhee rukhsaar e munaqqash mujh ko

English:=== Her face is like a beautiful rose
                  And I 'm so pale with all my woes
                                              -

Persian:  Naawak e ghamza biawar zay reh e zulf keh mun
              Jangha baa dil e mujrooh e balakash daaram
Urdu:      Teer gar tirchhi nazar say na karaen khoon is ka
              Jang ho baa dil e majrooh e balakash mujh ko

English:=== Her gaze is like a deadly dart
                  It jabs, it stabs, it wounds my heart
                                              -

Persian:  Yak sar e mooay ba dast e mun o yak sar baa doost
              Saalha bar sar e ein mooay kashakash daaram
Urdu:      Rishta e zulf agar hota na uljha aisa
              Hoti itni na kabhee tujh say kashakash mujh ko

English:=== And although our bonds are beautiful
                  Between us there's also some push and pull
                                                -

Persian:  HAFIZA chun gham o shaadi e jahaan dar guzar ast
              Behtar aan ast keh mun khaatir e khud khush daaram
Urdu:      Jab keh HAFIZ gham o shaadi e jahaan faani haen
              Shukr e Eezad keh mila aek dil e hush mujh ko
     
English:=== So love has, HAFIZ, both joy and pain
                  But then this is life, and I can't complain
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