ROZ EK SHER

कहूँ किससे मैं कि क्या है ग़मे-इश्क़ बुरी बला है
मुझे क्या बुरा था मरना अगर एक बार होता
-ग़ालिब

kahuun kisase main ki kyaa hai
ghame-ishq burii balaa hai
mujhe kyaa buraa thaa marnaa
agar ek baar hotaa
-Ghalib

What can I say about the pain of love
Except that it can be excruciatingly painful
I would not mind dying all at once
But the pain of love causes me to die bit by bit

English adaptation by Manish Modi
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KATHAA SARITSAAGAR in 2 vols.
Hindi translation only
Original Sanskrit text by Somadeva Bhatt
Hindi tr by SC Sharma
Edited by Vedaprakasha Soni
2006     220 x 140 mm     486 pp with line drawings
Hardcover     Rs. 500
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