ROZ EK SHER

दिल न होता तो गुलों में आब न होती
ये ज़िन्दगी कभी यूं बेताब न होती
-रिन्द

dil no hotaa to gulon mein aab na hotii
ye zindagii kabhii yuun betaab na hotii
-Rind

Had there been no heart, flowers would not have fragrance
...And this life would never have been so uncontrolled!

English adaptation by Manish Modi
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KUMARASAMBHAVA: THE BIRTH OF KUMARA
By Kalidasa
Sanskrit Poem
Sanskrit text in Roman + English translation
By David Smith
Edited by Richard Gombrich
2005     170 x 110 mm     362 pp
Deluxe Hardcover edition     Rs. 1000