English & Urdu Translation of Khusro 408

                              Ghazal 408


Persian:  Dilam dar ishq e jaanaan gashta paara
              Dil ast aan shoukh ra ya sang e khaara
Urdu:      Hua dil ishq maen maera hay paara
              Dil us ka hay mager ik sang e khaara

English:=== My loving heart is falling apart
                  And she has such a stony heart
                                      -

Persian:  Kinaar e khud nameebeenam zay girya
              Keh natwan deed darya ra kinaara
Urdu:      Kinaar e khud hay gharq e sayl e girya
              Naheen is behr ka koie kinaara

English:=== My eyes are shedding such tears of blood
                  That soon, I'm afraid, there will be a flood
                                        -

Persian:  Do bosam daad doash o ta ba imroaz
              Kharaabam zaan sharaab e mastkaara
Urdu:      Kharaab ik bosa e lab nay kiya hay
              Keh is maen hay sharaab e mastkaara

English:=== And as I cry, I think of her lip
                  From which red wine I used to sip
                                        -

Persian:  Ba ishqam chaara farmayand yaaraan
              Walay baa yaar e naafarmaan cheh chaara
Urdu:      Haen maeray doast gercheh chaarafarma
              Walay baa yaar e naafarmaan chaara

English:=== But my friend all tell me not to cry
                  For they're afraid I'm going to die
                                        -

Persian:  Nigaara, bagsalaan sar rishta e khud
              Keh natwaan doakht een dilha e paara
Urdu:      Na dil ko toarh ker bakhiagari ker
              Too see sakta naheen dilha e paara

English:=== My brokeh heart they want to repair
                  But know they not my great despair
                                        -

Persian:  Ager khoon khurd khaahi, shaiwa bagzaar
              Keh KHUSRO neest tifl e sheerkhaara
Urdu:      Bana mat khhail is ki aashqi ko
              Keh KHUSRO hay na tifl e sheerkhaara

English:=== For to that dame I'm a little boy
                  And, KHUSRO, my heart merely a toy
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