ROZ EK SHER

गो हाथ में जुम्बिश नहीं आँखों में तो दम है
रहने दो अभी साग़रो-मीना मेरे आगे
-ग़ालिब

go haath mein jumbish nahiin, aankhon mein to dum hai
rahne do abhii saagharo-miinaa mere aage
-Ghalib

The hands may be incapable of movement, but the eyes can still look
Please let the goblet and decanter of wine remain in front of me

English translation by Manish Modi
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THE CONCEPT OF HERO IN INDIAN CULTURE
Ed. By Heidrun Brückner, Hugh van Skyhawk, Claus Peter Zoller
2007    250 x 165 mm    292 pp
Hardcover deluxe edition    Rs. 795