ROZ EK SHER

खुदाया मुझे ज़िन्दगी चाहिये
 अन्धेरों में हूँ रौशनी चाहिये
तमन्ना नहीं सारा गुलशन मिले
 के बस प्यार की एक कली चाहिये
-प्रेम धवन

khudaayaa mujhe zindagii chaahiye
 andheron mein huun raushnii chaahiye
tamannaa nahiin saaraa gulshan mile
 ke bas pyaar kii ek kalii chaahiye
-Prem Dhavan

O God, I want life.
I am in darkness, I want light.
I desire not an entire garden
A bud of love is all I ask for


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Book of the day

Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 26

PARSVACARITRAM: THE LIFE OF PARSVA
Sanskrit text + English translation
Sanskrit text by Acarya Gunabhadra
Critically edited with an English translation
By Prof Dr Willem Bollée
Mumbai: Hindi Granth Karyalay, 2008.
ISBN 978-81-88769-35-3
Rs. 60