English & Urdu Translation of Khusro 291

                                          Ghazal 291


Persian:  Ya Rab aan rooyast ya gulberg e khandaan dar nazar
              Ya Rab aan baalast ya sarv e kharaamaan dar nazar
Urdu:      Ya Rab ik chehra hay ya gulberg e khandaan dar nazar
              Hay sahiqadd aek ya sarv e kharaamaan zar nazar

English:=== She's tall and slim like a cypress tree
                  With all its elegance and dignity
                                              -

Persian:  Aey khush aan sa'at kah beenam aan rukh o geeram labash
              Baada e khush bar kuff o gulnaar e khandaan dar nazar
Urdu:      Ik zamaana tha keh rakhtay aashiqaan thay raat din
              Baada e khush bar kuff o gulnaar e khandaan dar nazar

English:=== And like a flower is her lovely face
                  With all its beauty, and charm, and grace
                                              -

Persian:  Ta to aey sarv e kharaamaan dar chaman bagzishta ee
              Meenaaayad baish bulbul ra gulistaan dar nazar
Urdu:      Jab say daekha hay kharaam e yaar, bulbul kay liay
              Baish is say hay na kuchh ander gulistaan dar nazar

English:=== And when in the park she takes a stroll
                  The birds in there all begin to troll
                                              -

Persian:  Yak zamaan az dil faronaaie hama shab ta ba roaz
              Gercheh baashad ta ba roazam maah e taabaan dar nazar
Urdu:      Bai meh e roo e nigaareen teergi jaati naheen
              Gercheh rehta raat bhar hay maah e taabaan dar nazar

English:=== The night is dark without her light
                  And dark is even the moonlit night
                                              -

Persian:  Khalq gul beenand o mun roo e to, zeera khushtar ast
              Yak nazar dar doast az sadsaala bustaan dar nazar
Urdu:      Chaahiay gulrukh bajaay gul keh khustar hay mujhay
              Yak nazar dar yaar az sadsaala bustaan dar nazar

English:=== And without the glow of her rosy cheek
                  The smiling flowers look all so bleak
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