ROZ EK SHER

ऐ दिल अगर तड़पना तेरा यही रहेगा
काहेको तू जियेगा, काहेको जी रहेगा
-मिर्ज़ा जाफ़र अली हसरत

ae dil agar tadapnaa teraa yahii rahegaa
kaaheko tuu jiyegaa, kaaheko jii rahegaa
-Mirza Jafer Ali Hasrat

O heart, if you keep suffering like this
Why will you live and how long will you live?

English translation by Manish Modi
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ZIKR-I-MIR
The Autobiography of the Eighteenth Century Mughal Poet: Mir Muhammad
Taqi 'Mir'
English
Translation, Notes and Introduction
By CM Naim
2005     220 x 140 mm     214 pp
Paperback     Rs. 225