ROZ EK SHER

अभी इस तरफ़ न निगाह कर मैं ग़ज़ल की पलकें सँवार लूँ
मेरा लफ़्ज़ हो आईना तुझे आईने में उतार लूँ
-बशीर बद्र

abhii is taraf na nigaah kar main ghazal kii palakein sanvaar luun
meraa lafz ho aaiinaa tujhe aaiine mein utaar luun
-Bashir Badr

Please do not look this way until I polish my ghazal
...so that my verses reflect your beauty like a mirror

English adaptation by Manish Modi
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HINDUSTANI SANGEET PADDHATI: KRAMIK PUSTAK MALIKA
In 6 Volumes (Hindi)
By Pandit Vishnunarayan Bhatkhande
Hindi tr. by Dr. Lakshminarayan Garg
2006     220 x 140 mm     3510 pp in 6 vols.
Hardcover     Rs. 1650