ROZ EK SHER

मुझे शाइर न कहो मीर कि साहब मैंने
दर्दो-ग़म कितने किये जमा तो दीवान किया
-मीर

mujhe shaair na kaho Mir ki saahab maine
dardo-gham kitne kiye jamaa to diivaan kiyaa
--Mir

Praise not my poetic talent, o Mir, as I have lived through
Much pain and anguish in order to write this shaairi

English adaptation by Manish Modi
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