English & Urdu Translation of Hafiz 298

                                    Ghazal 298


Persian:  Waqt ra ghaneemat daan aan qadar keh batwaani
              Haasil az hayaat aey jaan yak dam ast ta daani
Urdu:      Ghaneemat jaan milta hay jo waqt e aish o aasaani
              Keh jaan e yaknafas daeti hay her lamhay pareeshaani

English:=== Go, have some fun and don't apologize
                  For the life is short and the time flies
                                              -

Persian:  Peesh e zaahid az rindi dam mazan keh natwaan guft
              Baa tabeeb e naamehram haal e dard e pinhaani
Urdu:      Na keh zaahid say qissa apni rindi ka, naheen kertay
              Ba naamehram tabeebaan kuchh bayaan e dard e pinhaani

English:=== And tell not the preacher what you want to do
                  For the man is shallow, and doesn't have a clue
                                              -

Persian:  Baa dua e shabkheezaan aey shakerdahaan masteez
              Dar panaah e yak ism ast khaatam e Suleimaani
Urdu:      Dua o naala e shabkhaiz say jhagrha na ker aey jaan
              Panaah e ism e aazam say haen sab hukm e Suleimaani

English:=== And do not argue, nor get into a fight
                  Just thank the Lord and pray all night
                                                -

Persian:  Yusuf e azeezam raft, aey braadaraan rehmay
              Kaz ghamash ajab deedam haal e Peer e Kinaani
Urdu:      Na phaiko chaah maen Yusuf ko, aey bhaie zara soecho
              Keh us ki yaad maen tarhpay ga kaisa Peer e Kinaani

English:=== And if your darling girl you somehow lose
                  Do not complain, and don't have the blues
                                                -

Persian:  Meerawi keh mizhgaanat khoon e khalq meereezad
              Tund meerawi jaanaan, tarsamat faromaani
Urdu:      Baha itni na taizi say too khoon e aashiqaan jaanaan
              Mujhay dar hay keh thak jaay gi taeri taigh e mizhgaani

English:=== The gorgeous girls with their long eyelashes
                  Oh, how they wound with jabs and slashes
                                                  -

Persian:  Pand e aashiqay bashnoo waz reh e tarab baaz aa
              Keen hama namiarzad shaghl e aalam e faani
Urdu:      Suno pand o naseehat aashiqoun ki, hirs ko chhorho
              Naheen daeta nishaat o aish e daayam aalam e faani

English:=== But listen to the mystics and take their advice
                  Your worldly woes aren't worth the price
                                                  -

Persian:  Zaahid e pasheemaan ra shooq e baada dar jaanast
              Aaqila makun kaaray kaawurad pasheemaani
Urdu:      Hay dil maen shouq e baada aur zabaan pay aeb e maikhaari
              Yeh do rooie teri zaahid tujhay day gi pasheemaani

English:=== Our pious sheik does love the wine
                  But offer it not, for he'll surely decline
                                                  - 

Persian:  Khumshikan namidaanad een qadar keh soofi ra
              Jins a khaangi baashad humchu laal e rammaani
Urdu:      Na tourh aey mohtasib khum maikaday kay, daekh soofi bhee
              Yeh kaisay mast haen pee ker sharaab e ishq e Rabbaani

English:=== And though in private he'll wine and dine
                  In public he'll break your vats of wine
                                                -

Persian:  Gar to farighie az mun, aey nigaar e sangeen dil
              Haal e khud bakhaaham guft peesh e Aasif e saani
Urdu:      Na ker too aey but e sangeendil khoon e jigar itna
              Naheen hay kya tujhay kuchh khoaf e adl e Aasif e saani

English:=== These beautiful girls have the hearts of stone
                  And even to the Premier their cruelty is known
                                                -

Persian:  Az daram daraamad must, meezanam ba shaadi dast
              Rooshni ba ma paiwast, raasti beh ar maani
Urdu:      Bajaaoun shaadiaana aur karoun maen raqs e mastaana
              Ager mastaana aa jaay kabhee tashreef e jaanaani

English:=== But when these girls in the bar get drunk
                  No one can resist them, not even a monk
                                                -

Persian:  Baghbaan chun mun zeen ja bagzaram, haraamat baad
              Gar ba ja e mun sarvay ghiar e doost banshaani         
Urdu:      Lahad per ger lagaay baaghbaan too sarv us jaisa
              Toe goeristaan mera bun jaay rashk e baagh e rizwaani

English:=== And when they walk, they sway in the breeze
                  For they are slim and trim like the cypress trees 
                                                  -

Persian:  Dil zay naawak e chashmat goosha daashtam laikin
              Abroo e kamaandaarat meeburad ba aasaani
Urdu:      Ba mushkil dil ager bach jaay teer e chashm say taeray
              Kamaan e abroo kerti hay usay bismil ba aasaani

English:=== And if you survive their charming eyes
                  The bows of their brows will cause your demise
                                                  -

Persian:  Jammay kun ba ahsaanay HAFIZ e pareeshaan ra
              Aey shakunj gaisooyat majma e pareeshaani 
Urdu:      Karay hae HAFIZ e shoareedsar ki jamaay khaatir wo
              Shakunj e zulf hay jis shoakh ki jam e pareeshaani

English:=== And our HAFIZ says beware, beware!
                  Their every lock is a deadly snare
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