ROZ EK SHER

गुल हँसे जब रात भर रोई शबनम
हँसी नहीं है हसीनों का मुस्कुरा जाना

gul hanse jab raat bhar roii shabnam
hansii nahiin hai hasiinon kaa muskuraa jaanaa

Flowers blossom only after the dew has cried all night
Getting the beauteous ones to smile is no laughing matter

Sher contributed by Vijayalaxmi Modi

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Book of the day

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 6
ATTHAPAHUDA
Prakrit text + Hindi translation
By Acarya Kundakunda
Hindi tr. by Dr Jaykumar Jalaj
Edited by Manish Modi
Mumbai: Hindi Granth Karyalay, 2008.
ISBN 978-81-88769-15-5
Rs. 120