English & Urdu Translation of Khusro 159

                                Ghazal 159


Persian:  Aabaad na shud dil keh kharaab e pisaraan shud
              Husn e pisaraan aafat e sahibnazaraan shud
Urdu:      Aabaad naheen dil jo kharaab e pisaraan hay
              Husn e pisaraan aafat e sahibnazaraan hay

English:=== Whenever they see it, look how they bubble
                  These lovers of beauty are always in trouble
                                            -

Persian:  Afsurda jamaal e khat e khoobaan cheh shanaasand
              Keen surma na shaaista e naaqisnazaraan shud
Urdu:      Afsurdadilaan qadr e khat e yaar na jaanaen
              Yeh surma na shaaista e naaqisnazaraan hay

English:=== But all her beauty would've gone to waste
                  If there were no lovers who had the taste
                                              -

Persian:  Dilha e azeezaan shumar aan jumla nageenha
              Kaander kamar aaraaish e zarreenkamaraan shud
Urdu:      Aashiq ka dil e raish hay maanind e nageen ik
              Jo dar kamar aaraaish e zarreenkararaan hay

English:=== So the rubies with which herself she covers
                  Are nothing but the bleeding hearts of her lovers
                                              -

Persian:  Aan khawja keh meeguft keh daaram khabar az aql
              Dar ishq dar aamad, yakey az baikhbaraab shud
Urdu:      Khawja hay jo ik baakhabar o aalim o aaqil
              Wo ishq maen ik taaj e sar e baikhabaaan hay

English:=== Look how a man who thinks he's smart
                  Behaves like a fool when he follows his heart
                                              -

Persian:  Juz hasrat o murdan na bawad chaara e ushshaaq 
              Faryaad o fughaan arbada e heelagaraan shud
Urdu:      Juz marg naheen chaara e mehroomi e aashiq
              Faryaad o fughaan arbada e heelagaraan hay

English:=== Oh, how he yearns, and cries, and cries
                  And how many times for a beauty he dies
                                                -

Persian:  KHUSRO zay rukh e khoob o zay mai toba nameekard
              Naagaah badeed aan rukh e zaiba, nigaraan shud
Urdu:      Toba mai o maashooq say KHUSRO ko ho kaisay
              Rakhta usay deedaar e but ab bhee nagaraan hay

English:=== And KHUSRO is also a lover of beauty
                  And a beauty he loves as a matter of duty
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