Persian: Chu ghuncha sirr e nihafta nihaan kuja maanad Dil e mara keh naseem e sabaast mehram e raaz Urdu: Rakhoun maen kaisay nihaan raaz ghuncha e dil maen Naseem e kucha e jaanaan agar ho mehram e raaz English:=== I try to hide the way I feel But my love for her I cannot conceal Persian: Zay shouq e majlis e aan mah e khargahi HAFIZ Garat chu shamay jafaay rasad, basooz o basaaz Urdu: Jafaen majlis e jaanaan maen ger milaen HAFIZ Misaal e shama too jal raat bhar ba souz o ba saaz English:=== O HAFIZ, this love is a deadly game For I'm the moth, and she is the flame ====
Q Ghazal 151 Persian: Bia o kashti e ma dar shat e sharaab andaaz Ghareev o walwala dar jaan e shaikh o shaab andaaz Urdu: Safeena e gham e dil moeja e sharaab maen daal Umang o walwala phir jaan e shaikh o shaab maen daal English:=== Come, bring some wine and then behold How it revives the young and the old Persian: Mara ba kashti e baada darafgan aey saaqi Keh gufta and nikoie kun o dar aab andaaz Urdu: Khum e sharaab maen ker gharq saaqia mujh ko Kaha yeh jaata hay ker naiki aur aab maen daal English:=== A cup won't do for the sorrow of mine Drown it instead in a vat of wine Persian: Biaar az aan mai e gulrang e mushkboo jaamay Sharaar e rashk o hasad dar dil e gulaab andaaz Urdu: Ayaagh maen mai e gulrang daal kay saaqi Sharaar e rashk o raqaabat dil e gulaab maen daal English:=== In the rosy wine when I drown my woes I put much envy in the heart of rose Persian: Agar cheh mast o kharaabam to neez lutfay kun Nazar bar ein dil e sargashta e kharaab andaaz Urdu: Kabhee toe chashm e karam mujh pay daal kay jaanam Zara see jaan dil e sargashta e kharaab maen daal English:=== Do bring some wine in the medicine cart To soothe, O nurse, my woeful heart Persian: Ba neem shab agarat aaftaab meebayad Zay roo e dukhtar e gulchehr e raz naqaab andaaz Urdu: Agar ho daekhna khursheed neem shab maen kabhee Too aks e roo e darakhshaan sharaab e naab maen daal English:=== And if at night you would like sunshine Just lift the veil from the face of the wine
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