ROZ EK SHER For Eva and Jigme Tenzin on their second wedding anniversary

गुनाह गर है यह इश्क़ यारो, तो फिर यह इतना हसीं गुनाह है
कि एक काफ़िर सनम की खातिर, मैं यह गुनाह बार-बार कर लूँ
-प्रेम धवन

gunaah gar hai yah ishq yaaro, to phir yah itnaa hasiin gunaah hai
ki ek kaafir sanam kii khaatir, main yah gunaah baar-baar kar luun
-Prem Dhavan

If love be a crime, it is such a beautiful crime
That for my disbelieving beloved, I would commit it again and again

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Book of the day

RENDERINGS FROM GHALIB
Urdu + English translation
Choice Urdu ghazals by Ghalib
With English translation by
Prema Johari
1996     220 x 140 mm     63 pp
Hardcover     Rs. 60