English & Urdu Translation of Hafiz 283

                                          Ghazal 283


Persian:  Roozgaareest keh ma ra nigaraan meedaari
              Mukhlisaan ra na ba waz e digaraan meedaari
Urdu:      Kintni muddat say too hum ko nigaraan rakhta hay
              Mukhlisoun ko bhee ba waz e digaraan rakhta hay

English:=== How long, how long do I have to wait?
                  Do please come back; it's getting too late
                                                    -

Persian:  Goosha e chashm e rizaay ba munat baaz nashud
              Een chuneen izzat e sahibnazaraan meedaari
Urdu:      Gosha e chashm e razamand say daekhay na hamaen
              Kya ajab izzat e sahibnazaraan rakhta hay

English:=== O please, my love, be nice to me
                  Or at least do show me some courtsey
                                                    -

Persian:  Na gul az daagh e ghamat rust na bulbul dar baagh
              Hama ra na'arazanaan, jaamadaraan meedaari
Urdu:      Gul o bulbul ko hoie ranj say fursat na kabhee
              Un ko too na'arazanaan, jaamadaraan rakhta hay

English:=== In the garden the flowers are looking for you
                  With the nightingale wailing, and missing you too
                                                    -

Persian:  Pidar e tajraba aakhir toie aey dil, zay cheh roo
              Tama e mehr o wafa zeen pisaraan meedaari
Urdu:      Tajrabakaar too itna hay meray dil laikin
              Khahish e dosti baa dushman e jaan rakhta hay

English:=== And though it's old and should be wise
                  My heart is a fool; it cries and cries
                                                  -

Persian:  Garcheh rindi o kharaabi guneh e maast walay
              Aashiqaay guft keh ma ra to bar aan meedaari
Urdu:      Hum haen rindi o kharaabi kay gunehgaar mager
              Too bhee bai chaen hamaaray dil o jaan rakhta hay

English:=== And though I know, it may not be proper
                  It's you, my love, who have made me a toper
                                                    -

Persian:  Johar e jaam e Jum az kaan e jahaan e digarast
              To tamanna zay gil e koozagaraan meedaari
Urdu:      Johar e saaghar e Jum dunya maen naapaid hay aur
              Too twaqqay ba gil e koozagaraan rakhta hay

English:=== But being a toper I've Jum in my soul
                  And my cup is like his magic bowl 
                                                      -

Persian:  Keesa e seem o zarat neek babaayad pardaakht
              Zeen tamanna keh to az seembaraan meedaari
Urdu:      Haajit seem o zar o naqd naheen hay dil ko
              Wo to bus ik hawas e seemtannan rakhta hay

English:=== But unlike him I don't have money
                  And without the money I can't get my honey
                                                      -

Persian:  Aey keh dar dilq e mulamma talabi zooq e huzoor
              Chashm e saeray ajab az baibasaraan meedaari
Urdu:      Chahta dilq e mulamma say hay jo ishq e Khuda
              Wo umeed e basr az baibasaraan rakhta hay

English:=== For so many things though I'm not fit
                  Thank God that I'm not a hypocrite
                                                      -

Persian:  Chun toie nargis e baagh e nazar aey chashm o charaagh
              Sar chira bar mun e dilkhasta garaan meeedaari
Urdu:      Nargis e baagh e nazar, chashm o charaagh e jaan, too
              Sar dil e khasta say kuin maeray garaan rakhta hay

English:=== I need your kindness and your sympathy
                  So please, my love, don't be cross with me
                                                      -

Persian:  Deen o dil raft walay raast namiaaram guft
              Keh mun e sookhtadil ra to bar aan meedaari
Urdu:      Hum haen baideen mager kaisay kahaen yeh, too bhee
              Deen say dour dil e soakhtagaan rakhta hay

English:=== I've given you my life, my heart, my soul
                  On my faith and reason you have full control
                                                      -

Persian:  Ta saba bar gul o bulbul waraq e husn e to khaand
              Hama ra shaifta o dilnigaraan meedaari
Urdu:      Qissa e husn tera jab say saba laaie hay                   
              Sub ko yeh shaifta o dilnigaraan rakhta hay

English:=== And so, my darling, for better or worse
                  Your beauty has conquered the universe
                                                      -

Persian:  Sayid aan beh keh napooshi chun to az behr e nigaar
              Dast dar khoon e dil e purhunaraan meedaari
Urdu:      Na chhupa khalq say, jo apni kalaaie per too
              Naqsh e khoon e jigar e purhunaraan rakhta hay

English:=== Your hands are covered with your lover's blood
                  And his tears of blood are causing a flood
                                                      -

Persian:  Magzaraan rooz e salaamat ba malaamat HAFIZ
              Cheh twaqqay zay jahaan e guzaraan meedaari
Urdu:      Tujh ko jo kuchh bhee milay jaan ghaneemat HAFIZ
              Kuchh haqeeqat na jahaan e guzaraan rakhta hay

English:=== But HAFIZ says this too shall pass
                  And I'll surely get out of this morass
                                                  ====