English & Urdu Translation of Khusro 303

                            Ghazal 303


Persian:  Naazneeenaan o chaar baalish e naaz
              Khaaksaaraan o aastaan e niaaz
Urdu:      Naazneenaan o ghamza e tannaaz
              Khaaksaaraan o aastaan e niaaz

English:=== The beautiful girls, so proud and chic
                  And all their lovers, so lowly and meek
                                        -

Persian:  Jour o khaari kasheedan az mehboob
              Khushtar ast az hazaar naemat o naaz
Urdu:      Jour o baidaad e yaar say khustar
              Haen naheen sad hazaar naemat o naaz

English:=== And although they are so cruel and cold
                  Somehow on lovers they keep their hold
                                        -

Persian:  Goash e Majnoon o halqa e Laila
              Sar e Mehmood o aastaan e Ayaaz
Urdu:      Goash e Majnoon o halqa e Laila
              Sar e Mehmood o aastaan e Ayaaz

English:=== And while for them they yearn and crave
                  Their lovers these girls know how to enslave
                                        -

Persian:  Naam o naamoos o deen o dunya ra
              Cheh mahal paish e aashiq e jaanbaaz
Urdu:      Naam o naamoos o mazhab o dunya
              Haen na kuchh paish e aashiq e jaanbaaz

English:=== They think, in love anything is fair
                  What happens to them, the lovers don't care
                                          -

Persian:  Ishq dar her dilay faro naayad
              Zaan keh her seena neest mehram e raaz
Urdu:      Na her ik dil maen gunj e ulfat hay
              Keh na seena her ik hay mehram e raaz

English:=== It is for the lovers a great pleasure
                  For love, they think, is a wonderful treasure
                                            -

Persian:  Imshab az rafta baaz natwaan guft
              Zaan keh shab kotah ast o qissa daraaz
Urdu:      Kis terheh ho bayaan e gham poora
              Raat kotah hay aur qissa daraaz

English:=== And if they feel any pang and pain
                  They do not tell; they do not complain
                                            -

Persian:  KHUSRO ar girya kard, maazoor ast
              Kash chu sham ast kaar e soaz o gudaaz
Urdu:      Roay KHUSRO na kuin keh jab us ka
              Soorat e sham hay kaar soaz o gudaaz

English:=== And even when, KHUSRO, they want to cry
                  They all try to keep their eyes dry
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