English & Urdu Translation of Khusro 208

                                          Ghazal 208


Persian:  Aan keh her shab ba dilam aayad o jaay bakunad
              Cheh shawad roozay ager yaad e gadaay bakunad
Urdu:      Dil maen her waqt jo aa ker meray ja kerta hay
              Bhool ker bhee wo naheen yaad e gada kerta hay

English:=== She, who has me in her snare
                  For me, her lover, what does she care?
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Persian:  Mast o shamsheerkashaan bar saram aayad her rooz
              Ya Rab ander dilash afgan keh khataay bakunad
Urdu:      Mast o shamsheerkashaan aa'ay mery pass hay jab
              Keh sakay koan hay ya Rab keh khata kerta hay

English:=== And when this prey she comes to slay
                  There's nothing I can do except to pray
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Persian:  Bakht e ma ger na chu ma sookhta baashad aakhir
              Kaar e paicheeda e ma ra sar o paay bakunad
Urdu:      Soakhta mujh sa mera bakht hay aisa keh mera
              Kaar e paicheeda wo aur baisar o pa kerta hay

English:=== Oh, how I hate my sorry state
                  And how I swear, and curse my fate
                                                    -

Persian:  Baa chuneen joar o jafaay keh to daari, pus az een
              Na hamaana keh mara umr wafaay bakunad
Urdu:      Joar say taeray mujhay hay na gila mernay ka
              Kuin keray umr, naheen too jo wafa kerta hay   

English:=== I wish she weren't as cruel and cold
                  And had some pity for her lover old
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Persian:  Purghubaar aayad az koo e to KHUSRO her rooz
              Dar dawad girya o dar haal safaay bakunad
Urdu:      Gerdaalood hay KHUSRO teray koo maen aisa
              Raat bhar rukh ko wo ashkoun say safa kerta hay

English:=== So, KHUSRO, now I sit and cry
                  Change her I cannot; I don't even try
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