ROZ EK SHER (Mir)

फिरते हैं मीर ख़्वार कोई पूछता नहीं
इस आशिक़ी में इज़्ज़ते सादात भी गई

-मीर तक़ी मीर

phirte hain Mir khvaar koii puuchhtaa nahiin
is aashiqii mein izzate saadaat bhii gayii
-Mir Taqi Mir

Mir goes about disgraced, shunned by everyone
This love has even destroyed his reputation

English translation by Manish Modi
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PARAMATMAPRAKASHA
By Acarya Joindu
Apabhramsha text + Hindi translation
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 9
Preface and Hindi tr. by Dr Jaykumar Jalaj
Ed by Manish Modi
Mumbai: Hindi Granth Karyalay
2007     215 x 140 mm     72 pp
978-81-88769-09-4     Softcover     Rs. 60

ROZ EK SHER (Mir)

हम जानते तो इश्क़ न करते किसू के साथ
ले जाते दिल को ख़ाक में इस आरज़ू के साथ

-मीर तक़ी मीर

hum jaante to ishq na karte kisuuu ke saath
le jaate dil ko khaak mein is aarzuu ke saath
-Mir Taqi Mir

Had I but known, I would not have fallen in love
I would have taken my yearning heart to the grave

English translation by Manish Modi

ROZ EK SHER (Mir)

आग थे इब्त्दाये इश्क़ में हम
अब जो हैं ख़ाक इन्तहा है यह
-मीर तक़ी मीर

aag thay ibtadaaye ishq mein hum
ab jo hain khaak, intahaa hai ye
-Mir Taqi Mir

I was afire at the beginning of [our] love
Now that I am turned to dust, it is over

English translation by Manish Modi

ROZ EK SHER (Mir)

मिरे सलीक़े से मेरी निभी मुहब्बत में
तमाम उम्र नाकामियों से काम लिया
-मीर तक़ी मीर

mire saliiqe se merii nibhii muhabbat mein
tamaam umr naakaamiyon se kaam liyaa
-Mir Taqi Mir

I lived and loved my own way,
made my failures work for me.

English translation by Manish Modi
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PARAMATMAPRAKASHA
By Acarya Joindu
Apabhramsha text + Hindi translation
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 9
Preface and Hindi tr. by Dr Jaykumar Jalaj
Ed by Manish Modi
Mumbai: Hindi Granth Karyalay
2007     215 x 140 mm     72 pp
978-81-88769-09-4     Softcover     Rs. 60

ROZ EK SHER (Mir)

हमारे आगे तेरा जब किसू ने नाम लिया
दिले-सितमज़दह को हमने थाम-थाम लिया
-मीर तक़ी मीर

hamaare aage teraa jab kisuu ne naam liyaa
dile-sitamzadah ho hamne thaam thaam liyaa
-Mir Taqi Mir

When someone takes your name in my presence
I have to restrain my love-oppressed heart
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JADID URDU HINDI KOSH (LUGHAT)
Urdu word in Nastaliq & Devanagari + Hindi meaning
Compiled by Pandit Vinaykumar Avasthi
2004     250 x 185 mm     982 pp
Deluxe Hardcover     Rs. 400

ROZ EK SHER (Mir)

लगा ने दिल को कहीं, क्या सुना नहीं तूने?
जो कुछ कि मीर का इस आशिक़ी में हाल हुआ
-मीर तक़ी मीर

lagaa na dil ko kahiin, kyaa sunaa nahiin tuune?
jo kuchh ki Mir kaa is aashiqii mein haal huaa
-Mir Taqi Mir

Do not give your heart to anyone, have you not heard
What Mir had to go through, in the cause of love?

English translation by Manish Modi

ROZ EK SHER (Mir)

इस दौर में इलाही! मुहब्बत को क्या हुआ?
छोड़ा वफ़ा को इसने, मुहब्बत को क्या हुआ?
-मीर तक़ी मीर

is daur mein ilaahii! muhabbat ko kyaa huaa?
chhodaa vafaa ko isne, muhabbat ko kyaa huaa?
-Mir Taqi Mir

Dear God, in these times, what happened to love?
Faithfulness is forsaken, what happened to love?

English tr. by Manish Modi

ROZ EK SHER

चाहें तो तुम को चाहें, देखें तो तुम को देखें
ख़्वाहिश दिलों की तुम हो, आँखों की आरज़ू तुम
-मीर तक़ी मीर

chaahein to tum ko chaahein, dekhein to tum ko dekhein
khvaahish dilon kii tum ho, aankhon kii aarzuu tum
-Mir Taqi Mir

No one but you to love, and only you to gaze at.
You are my heart's desire and my eyes' longing.

English translation by Manish Modi
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Mir Taqi Mir can justly lay claim to the title of the greatest poet of Urdu.  He has been called the "Khudaye-Sukhan" of Urdu poetry. Some would claim that Ghalib was the greatest Urdu poet. But not only did Mir precede Ghalib, his poetry is endowed with a simplicity that one
despairs of finding in Ghalib's works. For me, the simple honest verse of Mir is infinitely preferable to that of the self-confessed, difficulty-loving Ghalib!

Mir Taqi Mir was born in Agra and moved to Delhi after a failed affair of the heart. He was born in abject poverty and moved to Delhi to escape from it. But being a straightforward person, Mir was incapable of the obsequious manner that was expected at the royal court. Hence,
he had to return from Delhi a pauper and spent his last years in Lucknow, serving under Navab Asaf Al Doulah for a monthly salary of Rs. 300.

Mir's poetry is known for its literary merit, sweetness of language, elegance of presentation amd sensitive depiction of passion and tenderness. No wonder Allama Niaz Fatehpuri called Mir the Shahenshah of Urdu poetry.

ROZ EK SHER

जाके मिलता हूँ न अपना पता देता हूँ
मैं उसे ही नहीं ख़ुद को भी सज़ा देता हूँ
-शाहिद कबीर

jaake miltaa huun na apnaa pataa detaa huun
main use hii nahiin khud ko bhii sazaa detaa huun
-Shahid Kabir

I neither go to meet her, nor give her my address
Not just her, I punish myself as well

English translation by Manish Modi
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ATMASIDDHI
In Search of the Soul
Gujarati original + Hindi poetic translation + English poetic
translation + English exposition
Mula patha by Shrimad Rajacandra
Hindi poetic tr. by Nijhavan
English poetic tr. & exposition by Chandrika
2006    230 x 140 mm    348 pp
Deluxe Softcover Edition    Rs. 340

ROZ EK SHER (Two Shers)

Dear friends,
Jay Jinendra

Two Shers today. And since they are both simple, no English translations. Please tell me what you think.

दिया था हुस्न क़स्सामे-अज़ल ने जब हसीनों को
तो क्या ये भी कहा था हुस्न पर मग़रूर हो जाना?
-अनजान

diyaa thaa husn Qassaame-Azal ne jab hasiinon ko
to kyaa ye bhii kahaa thaa husn par maghruur ho jaanaa?
-Unknown

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होतीं ना जो मग़रूरी और शरारतें
क्या ख़ाक मज़ा था इश्क़े-हुस्न में?
-मनीष मोदी

hotiin naa jo maghruurii aur sharaaratein
kyaa khaak mazaa thaa ishqe-husn mein?
-Manish Modi

__________________________________________
PARSHVACARITRAM: THE LIFE OF PARSHVA
By Acarya Gunabhadra
Ed. and tr. into English
By Prof Dr Willem Bollée
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Vol 24
Mumbai: Hindi Granth Karyalay
2008    250 x 190 mm     40 pp
ISBN 978-81-88769-35-3      Softcover     Rs. 80

ROZ EK SHER

नज़ाकत उस गुलेराना की देखिये इंशा
नसीमे-सुबह जो छू जाये रंग हो मैला
-सैयद इंशा

nazaakat us guleraanaa kee dekhiye Insha
nasiime-subah jo chhuu jaaye rang ho mailaa
-Syed Insha

O Insha, the delicacy of her beauty!
Even the cool breeze of the morning
Is enough to darken her fair skin.

English translation by Manish Modi
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Kreative Kids has been conducting workshops in Mumbai and Thane since the past 4 years. The success of these workshops indicates the tremendous interest amongst the citizens of Mumbai and Thane in the Dramatic Arts.

The Kreative Kids workshop design is approved by Children's Theatre Wing of National School of Drama (NSD), New-Delhi. Radhika and Pallavi are certified by NSD as expert teachers.

The program encourages children to think for themselves and explore their own capabilities. The emphasis is on developing imagination and tangential thinking. "Thinking out of the box" as a concept is introduced to the children. The workshop trains children in basic
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Basic training in areas such as Voice Culture, Diction and Body Movements along with Improvisations and Theatre games shall be
provided. Dimensions of the stage & basics of Set Design, Lights and Costume Design will be included as the Theory. Script writing, play
reading and acting, along with dance and music, form a part of this intensive program. The children are also introduced to Indian theatre
traditions and history of world theatre.

ROZ EK SHER

मैं दिल खोल ताबाँ! कहाँ जाके रोऊँ?
कि दोनों जहाँ में फ़राग़त नहीं है
-मीर अब्दुलहई 'ताबाँ'

main dil khol Taabaan, kahaan jaake rouun
ki donon jahaan mein faraaghat nahiin hai
-Mir Abdulhai 'Taabaan'

O Taabaan, where can I go and weep to my heart's content
For there is no cure [for an aching heart] in both* the worlds

English adaptation by Manish Modi

*In Islamic teachings, there are two worlds - here and the afterworld.
Hence, Urdu poetry talks of "Do Jahaan", meaning This World and the
Next.
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Mir Abdulhai 'Taabaan' was an illustrious Urdu poet who lived in
Delhi, a junior contemporary of Mir Taqi 'Mir', Mirza Rafi 'Sauda' and
Shams Al Din Janjana 'Mazhar'.

It is said that Taabaan was homosexual. All his life, he longed for
Suleiman, an unknown youth, who was unfaithful to him.

It is believed that Taabaan himself was incredibly good looking and
his company was sought after by all his contemporaries and peers.

ROZ EK SHER

दिल छोड़के यार क्योंकि जावे?
ज़ख़्मी है शिकार क्योंकि जावे?
-वली

dil chhodke yaar kyonki jaave?
zakhmii hai shikaar kyonki jaave?
-Vali

How can one's beloved leave one's heart?
When the prey is afflicted, how can the hunter leave?

Engish adaptation by Manish Modi
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JAINA STUDIES: THEIR PRESENT STATE AND FUTURE TASKS
By Professor Dr Ludwig Alsdorf
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 1
English Tr. by Bal Patil
Revised & Edited by Professor Dr Willem Bollée
Mumbai: Hindi Granth Karyalay, 2006
220 x 145 mm    144 pp
ISBN 978-81-88769-13-1
Deluxe Hardcover Edition     Rs. 395

ROZ EK SHER

जिसमें लाखों बरस की हूरें हों
ऐसी जन्नत का क्या करे कोई
-ग़ालिब

jismein laakhon baras kii huurein hon
aisii jannat kaa kyaa kare koii
-Ghalib

Paradise may be full of beauties, but of what use?
They must be millions of years old!

Sher contributed by Khursheed Alam
English adaptation by Manish Modi
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ISLAM KI SHIKSHA
Islamic Teachings in Hindi
By Mohammed Abdul Hai
2001    180 x 120 mm    104 pp
Paperback     Rs. 20

ROZ EK SHER

हज़ारों ख़्वाहिशें ऐसी कि हर ख़्वाहिश पे दम निक‌ले
बहुत निक‌ले मिरे अर‌मान लेकिन फिर भी कम निक‌ले
-ग़ालिब

hazaaron khvaahishen aisii ki har khvaahish pe dam nikle
bahut nikle mire armaan lekin phir bhii kam nikle
-Ghalib

 ہزاروں خواہشیں ایسی کہ ہر خواہش پہ دم نکلے
بہت نکلے مرے ارمان لیکن پھر بھی کم نکلے
-غآلب

Thousands of longings, each one to die for
Many were fulfilled, but still too few!

Sher contributed by Sadashiv Marathe
English translation by Manish Modi
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HAZRAT MOHAMED
Life and Teachings of Prophet Mohamed
Hindi
By Mohammed Abdul Hai
2003    220 x 140 mm    192 pp
Paperback     Rs. 60

ROZ EK SHER

ताबे नाकामी नहीं तो आरज़ू करता है क्या
आरज़ू है मौज का साहिल से टकराने का नाम
-आनन्द नारायण मुल्ला

taabe-naakaamii nahiin to aarzuu kartaa hai kyaa
aarzuu hai mauj kaa saahil se takraane kaa naam
-Anand Narayan Mulla

If you have no stomach for failure, why do you desire?
Desire is personified by waves crashing against the shore

Sher contributed by Sadashiv Marathe
English adaptation by Manish Modi
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BACHCHAN RACHANAVALI
Complete Works of noted Hindi Poet Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan
Edited by Ajit Kumar
Hindi
Set of 9 books
2006     220 x 140 mm     4660 pp
Hardcover     Rs. 6300 per set

ROZ EK SHER

सरापा आरज़ू होने ने बन्दा कर दिया हमको
वगरना हम ख़ुदा थे गर दिले बेमुद्दआ होते
-मीर

saraapaa aarzuu hone ne bandaa kar diyaa hamko
vagarnaa ham khudaa the gar dile-bemudda'aa hote
-Mir

I am bound by desires from head to foot
This is what makes me the worshiper.
Had my heart been free from all desire,
I would have been the worshiped one.

Sher contributed by Sadashiv Marathe
English translation by Manish Modi
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HINDI-URDU SHABDAKOSH
Hindi x Urdu
By Prof Nasim Ahmed Khan
2002    240 x 185 mm    1962 pp
Hardcover     Rs. 795

An Excellent Hindi-Urdu Dictionary, useful for those who can read both Hindi and Urdu.

ROZ EK SHER

दिल से तिरी निगाह जिगर तक उतर गई
दोनों को इक अदा में रज़ामन्द कर गई
-ग़ालिब

dil se tirii nigaah jigar tak utar gayii
donon ko ik adaa mein razaamand kar gayii
-Ghalib

دل سے تری نگاہ جگر تک اتر گئی
دونوں کو اک ادا میں رضامند کر گئی
-غآلب

Your glance struck my heart and liver Enslaving both in a gesture

Sher taken from "Desertful of Roses", a website on gaalib by Dr W. Pritchett.

English adaptation by Manish Modi
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HUM KYUN MUSALMAN HUE
High Profile Converts to Islam Speak Up
on Why They Converted to Islam
Ed. Abdul Ghani Faruq
2004 220 x 140 mm 256 pp
Paperback Rs. 90
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ROZ EK SHER AND ANNIVERSARY WISHES

This Sher is dedicated to my parents on their 54th Marriage Anniversary.

तस्कीं को हम न रोएं जो ज़ौक़-ए-नज़र मिले
हूरान-ए-ख़ुल्द में तिरी सूरत मगर मिले
-ग़ालिब

تسکیں کو ہم نہ روئیں جو ذوقِ نظر ملے
حورانِ خلد میں تری صورت مگر ملے
-غالب

taskiin ko ham na royein jo zauq-e-nazar mile
huuraan-e-khuld mein tirii suurat magar mile
-Ghalib

Had I the pleasure of gazing at you, I would not need any consolation
Even in a paradise full of beauties, it is your face I want to see

Sher taken from "Desertful of Roses", a marvelous website on Ghalib's works


English translation by Manish Modi

ROZ EK SHER

आरज़ुओं का सिलसिला कब ख़त्म होगा ऐ शकील
खिल गये गुल तो कलियाँ और पैदा हो गयीं
-शकील बदायुनी

aarzuon kaa silsilaa kab khatm hogaa ai Shakil
khil gaye gul to kaliyaan aur paidaa ho gayiin
-Shakil Badayuni

When will this chain of desires come to an end?
One batch of buds has blossomed
But another batch has appeared

Sher contributed by Sadashiv Marathe
English translation by Manish Modi

ROZ EK SHER

जिनको उठना है उठ जाते हैं चुपके से शकील
बाद उनके बज़्म में गिरिया सही मातम सही
-शकील बदायुनी

jinko uthnaa hai uth jaate hain chupke se Shakil
baad unke bazm mein giryaa sahii maatam sahii
-Shakil Badayuni

O Shakil, those who want to go away, leave quietly
Even though they may be deeply mourned by many

Sher contributed by Qazi Mohammed Saleh
English translation by Manish Modi
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KABHI AAPNE SOCHA
Islamic Teachings in Hindi
By Mohammed Abdul Hai
1999    180 x 120 mm    32 pp
Paperback     Rs. 5

ROZ EK SHER

जो तूफ़ानों में पलते जा रहे हैं
वही दुनिया बदलते जा रहे हैं
-जिगर मुरादाबादी

jo tuufaanon mein palte jaa rahe hain
vahii duniyaa badalte jaa rahe hain
-Jigar Muradabadi

Those who are raised by the storms
Changed the face of the world

Sher contributed by Qazi Muhammed Saleh
English translation by Manish Modi

ROZ EK SHER

मैं शकील दिल का हूँ तर्जुमां के मुहब्बतों का हूँ राज़दां
मुझे फ़ख़्र है मेरी शायरी मेरी ज़िन्दगी से जुदा नहीं
-शकील बदायुनी

main Shakil dil kaa huun tarjumaan ke muhabbaton kaa huun raazdaan
mujhe fakhr hai merii shaayarii merii zindagii se judaa nahiin
-Shakil Badayuni

I, Shakil, translate what hearts feel
And am privy to the secrets of lovers
I am proud that my poetry is not
divorced from my life's reality

English translation by Manish Modi
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AAO DIIN SIKHEN
Islamic Teachings in Hindi
By Mohammed Abdul Hai
1998    180 x 120 mm    228 pp
Paperback     Rs. 30

ROZ EK SHER

तुम्हारी शक्ल पहले भी बहुत ख़ूबसूरत थी
परस्तिश करते करते बख़्श दी रख़्शिन्दगी हमने
-अज़ीज़ वारसी

tumhaarii shakl pahle bhii bahut khuubsuurat thii
parastish karte karte bakhsh dii rakhshindagii humne
-Aziz Varasi

You always were gorgeous
My worship of your beauty
has made you dazzle

English adaptation by Manish Modi
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SHIKVA JAVAABE SHIKVA
Urdu Religious Poetry
By Iqbal
2004    180 x 120 mm    24 pp
Paperback     Rs. 8