English & Urdu Translation of Hafiz 290

                                    Ghazal 290


Persian:  Saba to nikhat e aan zulf e mushkboo daari
              Ba yaadgaar bamaani keh boo e o daari
Urdu:      Saba jo nikhat e gaisoo e mushkboo rakhhay
              Jawaan her dil e aashiq maen aarzoo rakhhay

English:=== The smell in the air is beyond compare
                  For it has the scent of your golden hair 
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Persian:  Dilam keh gohar e israar e husn o ishq dar oost
              Tawaan ba dast e to daadan garash nikoo daari
Urdu:      Yeh dil jo hay mera israar e husn o ishq say pur
              Ba shoaq doun maen jo mehfooz is ko too rakhhay

English:=== A treasure of love in my heart I bear
                  So please, if you take it, take good care
                                              -

Persian:  Dar aan shamaail e matboo heetch natwaan guft
              Juz een qadar keh raqeebaan e tundkhoo daari
Urdu:      Hay khud toe itna khushakhlaaq dost maera mager
              Ma'amila ba raqeebaan e tundkhoo rakhhay

English:=== And though, my love, you're so very nice
                  The men you like are the masters of vice
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Persian:  Qaba e husnfarooshi tura bazeebad o bus
              Keh humchu gul hama aaien e rang o boo daari
Urdu:      Qaba e husnfaroashi tujh hi pay sajti hay
              Too misl e gul bohat aaien e rang o boo rakhhay

English:=== You're justly proud of your beauty and grace
                  For you're like a flower with a gorgeous face
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Persian:  Zamaana ger hama mushk e Khutan dahad bar baad
              Fida e to keh khat o khaal e mushkboo daari
Urdu:      Naheen hay mujh ko koie justjoo e mushk e Khutan
              Fida maen tujh pay keh too khaal e mushkboo rakhay

English:=== And as long as your fragrance is in the air
                  For the musk and perfume no one does care
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Persian:  Dam az mimaalik e khoobi chu aaftaab zadan
              Tura sazad keh ghulaamaan e maahroo daari
Urdu:      Chamak sitaaroun maen hay aaftaab ki zoo say
              Baja hay too jo ghulaamaan e maahroo rakhhay

English;=== And not only is your beauty beyond compare
                  Even the slave girls of yours are lovely and fair
                                                  -

Persian:  Ba sarkashi e khud aey sarv e joo e baar manaaz
              Keh gar ba o rasi, az sharm sar faroo daari
Urdu:      Wo naaz daekhay qad e yaar ka chaman maen ager
              Guroor aisa na sarv e kinaar e joo rakhhay

English:=== And because you're tall, and slim, and trim
                  You make the cypress in the park look grim   
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Persian:  Duaash guftam o khandaan ba zeer e lab meeguft
              Keh keesti to o baa ma cheh guftagoo daari
Urdu:      Dua bhee doun toe wo kehta hay koan too, kya too
              Bhala yeh kaisa wo andaaz e guftagoo rakhhay

English:=== But when something I tell you not to do
                  You promptly ask me, "But who are you?"                                                    -

Persian:  Nawa e bulbulat aey gul kuja pasand uftad   
              Keh goosh e hoosh ba murghaan e harzagoo daari
Urdu:      Pasand kuin ho tujhay baang e andaleeb aey gul
              Too goash e hoash ba murghaan e badguloo rakhay

English:=== You don't ever listen to what I say
                  But look at my rival; he gets his way
                                                    -

Persian:  Zay jurraay to saram mast gasht o nooshat baash
              Khud az kidaam khum ast een keh dar saboo daari 
Urdu:      Hua houn mast bus ik jurra lay kay aey saaqi
              Sharaab tund yeh kaisi tera saboo rakhhay

English:=== O give me some wine and make me drunk
                  And why should I worry, for it's all bunk
                                                  -

Persian:  Zay kunj e madrissa HAFIZ majoo gohar e ishq
              Qadam baroon neh agar mail e justojoo daari
Urdu:      Ba kunj e madrissa HAFIZ na dhoondh gohar e ishq
              Ho gharq e ashk too ger zouq e justajoo rakhhay

English:=== And to love, says HAFIZ, you cannot learn
                  It is a privilege great that you must earn
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