ROZ EK SHER (Mir)

फिरते हैं मीर ख़्वार कोई पूछता नहीं
इस आशिक़ी में इज़्ज़ते सादात भी गई

-मीर तक़ी मीर

phirte hain Mir khvaar koii puuchhtaa nahiin
is aashiqii mein izzate saadaat bhii gayii
-Mir Taqi Mir

Mir goes about disgraced, shunned by everyone
This love has even destroyed his reputation

English translation by Manish Modi
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PARAMATMAPRAKASHA
By Acarya Joindu
Apabhramsha text + Hindi translation
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 9
Preface and Hindi tr. by Dr Jaykumar Jalaj
Ed by Manish Modi
Mumbai: Hindi Granth Karyalay
2007     215 x 140 mm     72 pp
978-81-88769-09-4     Softcover     Rs. 60

ROZ EK SHER (Mir)

हम जानते तो इश्क़ न करते किसू के साथ
ले जाते दिल को ख़ाक में इस आरज़ू के साथ

-मीर तक़ी मीर

hum jaante to ishq na karte kisuuu ke saath
le jaate dil ko khaak mein is aarzuu ke saath
-Mir Taqi Mir

Had I but known, I would not have fallen in love
I would have taken my yearning heart to the grave

English translation by Manish Modi

ROZ EK SHER (Mir)

आग थे इब्त्दाये इश्क़ में हम
अब जो हैं ख़ाक इन्तहा है यह
-मीर तक़ी मीर

aag thay ibtadaaye ishq mein hum
ab jo hain khaak, intahaa hai ye
-Mir Taqi Mir

I was afire at the beginning of [our] love
Now that I am turned to dust, it is over

English translation by Manish Modi

ROZ EK SHER (Mir)

मिरे सलीक़े से मेरी निभी मुहब्बत में
तमाम उम्र नाकामियों से काम लिया
-मीर तक़ी मीर

mire saliiqe se merii nibhii muhabbat mein
tamaam umr naakaamiyon se kaam liyaa
-Mir Taqi Mir

I lived and loved my own way,
made my failures work for me.

English translation by Manish Modi
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PARAMATMAPRAKASHA
By Acarya Joindu
Apabhramsha text + Hindi translation
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 9
Preface and Hindi tr. by Dr Jaykumar Jalaj
Ed by Manish Modi
Mumbai: Hindi Granth Karyalay
2007     215 x 140 mm     72 pp
978-81-88769-09-4     Softcover     Rs. 60

ROZ EK SHER (Mir)

हमारे आगे तेरा जब किसू ने नाम लिया
दिले-सितमज़दह को हमने थाम-थाम लिया
-मीर तक़ी मीर

hamaare aage teraa jab kisuu ne naam liyaa
dile-sitamzadah ho hamne thaam thaam liyaa
-Mir Taqi Mir

When someone takes your name in my presence
I have to restrain my love-oppressed heart
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JADID URDU HINDI KOSH (LUGHAT)
Urdu word in Nastaliq & Devanagari + Hindi meaning
Compiled by Pandit Vinaykumar Avasthi
2004     250 x 185 mm     982 pp
Deluxe Hardcover     Rs. 400

ROZ EK SHER (Mir)

लगा ने दिल को कहीं, क्या सुना नहीं तूने?
जो कुछ कि मीर का इस आशिक़ी में हाल हुआ
-मीर तक़ी मीर

lagaa na dil ko kahiin, kyaa sunaa nahiin tuune?
jo kuchh ki Mir kaa is aashiqii mein haal huaa
-Mir Taqi Mir

Do not give your heart to anyone, have you not heard
What Mir had to go through, in the cause of love?

English translation by Manish Modi

ROZ EK SHER (Mir)

इस दौर में इलाही! मुहब्बत को क्या हुआ?
छोड़ा वफ़ा को इसने, मुहब्बत को क्या हुआ?
-मीर तक़ी मीर

is daur mein ilaahii! muhabbat ko kyaa huaa?
chhodaa vafaa ko isne, muhabbat ko kyaa huaa?
-Mir Taqi Mir

Dear God, in these times, what happened to love?
Faithfulness is forsaken, what happened to love?

English tr. by Manish Modi

ROZ EK SHER

चाहें तो तुम को चाहें, देखें तो तुम को देखें
ख़्वाहिश दिलों की तुम हो, आँखों की आरज़ू तुम
-मीर तक़ी मीर

chaahein to tum ko chaahein, dekhein to tum ko dekhein
khvaahish dilon kii tum ho, aankhon kii aarzuu tum
-Mir Taqi Mir

No one but you to love, and only you to gaze at.
You are my heart's desire and my eyes' longing.

English translation by Manish Modi
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Mir Taqi Mir can justly lay claim to the title of the greatest poet of Urdu.  He has been called the "Khudaye-Sukhan" of Urdu poetry. Some would claim that Ghalib was the greatest Urdu poet. But not only did Mir precede Ghalib, his poetry is endowed with a simplicity that one
despairs of finding in Ghalib's works. For me, the simple honest verse of Mir is infinitely preferable to that of the self-confessed, difficulty-loving Ghalib!

Mir Taqi Mir was born in Agra and moved to Delhi after a failed affair of the heart. He was born in abject poverty and moved to Delhi to escape from it. But being a straightforward person, Mir was incapable of the obsequious manner that was expected at the royal court. Hence,
he had to return from Delhi a pauper and spent his last years in Lucknow, serving under Navab Asaf Al Doulah for a monthly salary of Rs. 300.

Mir's poetry is known for its literary merit, sweetness of language, elegance of presentation amd sensitive depiction of passion and tenderness. No wonder Allama Niaz Fatehpuri called Mir the Shahenshah of Urdu poetry.

ROZ EK SHER

जाके मिलता हूँ न अपना पता देता हूँ
मैं उसे ही नहीं ख़ुद को भी सज़ा देता हूँ
-शाहिद कबीर

jaake miltaa huun na apnaa pataa detaa huun
main use hii nahiin khud ko bhii sazaa detaa huun
-Shahid Kabir

I neither go to meet her, nor give her my address
Not just her, I punish myself as well

English translation by Manish Modi
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ATMASIDDHI
In Search of the Soul
Gujarati original + Hindi poetic translation + English poetic
translation + English exposition
Mula patha by Shrimad Rajacandra
Hindi poetic tr. by Nijhavan
English poetic tr. & exposition by Chandrika
2006    230 x 140 mm    348 pp
Deluxe Softcover Edition    Rs. 340

ROZ EK SHER (Two Shers)

Dear friends,
Jay Jinendra

Two Shers today. And since they are both simple, no English translations. Please tell me what you think.

दिया था हुस्न क़स्सामे-अज़ल ने जब हसीनों को
तो क्या ये भी कहा था हुस्न पर मग़रूर हो जाना?
-अनजान

diyaa thaa husn Qassaame-Azal ne jab hasiinon ko
to kyaa ye bhii kahaa thaa husn par maghruur ho jaanaa?
-Unknown

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होतीं ना जो मग़रूरी और शरारतें
क्या ख़ाक मज़ा था इश्क़े-हुस्न में?
-मनीष मोदी

hotiin naa jo maghruurii aur sharaaratein
kyaa khaak mazaa thaa ishqe-husn mein?
-Manish Modi

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PARSHVACARITRAM: THE LIFE OF PARSHVA
By Acarya Gunabhadra
Ed. and tr. into English
By Prof Dr Willem Bollée
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Vol 24
Mumbai: Hindi Granth Karyalay
2008    250 x 190 mm     40 pp
ISBN 978-81-88769-35-3      Softcover     Rs. 80

ROZ EK SHER

नज़ाकत उस गुलेराना की देखिये इंशा
नसीमे-सुबह जो छू जाये रंग हो मैला
-सैयद इंशा

nazaakat us guleraanaa kee dekhiye Insha
nasiime-subah jo chhuu jaaye rang ho mailaa
-Syed Insha

O Insha, the delicacy of her beauty!
Even the cool breeze of the morning
Is enough to darken her fair skin.

English translation by Manish Modi
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Basic training in areas such as Voice Culture, Diction and Body Movements along with Improvisations and Theatre games shall be
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ROZ EK SHER

मैं दिल खोल ताबाँ! कहाँ जाके रोऊँ?
कि दोनों जहाँ में फ़राग़त नहीं है
-मीर अब्दुलहई 'ताबाँ'

main dil khol Taabaan, kahaan jaake rouun
ki donon jahaan mein faraaghat nahiin hai
-Mir Abdulhai 'Taabaan'

O Taabaan, where can I go and weep to my heart's content
For there is no cure [for an aching heart] in both* the worlds

English adaptation by Manish Modi

*In Islamic teachings, there are two worlds - here and the afterworld.
Hence, Urdu poetry talks of "Do Jahaan", meaning This World and the
Next.
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Mir Abdulhai 'Taabaan' was an illustrious Urdu poet who lived in
Delhi, a junior contemporary of Mir Taqi 'Mir', Mirza Rafi 'Sauda' and
Shams Al Din Janjana 'Mazhar'.

It is said that Taabaan was homosexual. All his life, he longed for
Suleiman, an unknown youth, who was unfaithful to him.

It is believed that Taabaan himself was incredibly good looking and
his company was sought after by all his contemporaries and peers.

ROZ EK SHER

दिल छोड़के यार क्योंकि जावे?
ज़ख़्मी है शिकार क्योंकि जावे?
-वली

dil chhodke yaar kyonki jaave?
zakhmii hai shikaar kyonki jaave?
-Vali

How can one's beloved leave one's heart?
When the prey is afflicted, how can the hunter leave?

Engish adaptation by Manish Modi
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JAINA STUDIES: THEIR PRESENT STATE AND FUTURE TASKS
By Professor Dr Ludwig Alsdorf
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 1
English Tr. by Bal Patil
Revised & Edited by Professor Dr Willem Bollée
Mumbai: Hindi Granth Karyalay, 2006
220 x 145 mm    144 pp
ISBN 978-81-88769-13-1
Deluxe Hardcover Edition     Rs. 395

ROZ EK SHER

जिसमें लाखों बरस की हूरें हों
ऐसी जन्नत का क्या करे कोई
-ग़ालिब

jismein laakhon baras kii huurein hon
aisii jannat kaa kyaa kare koii
-Ghalib

Paradise may be full of beauties, but of what use?
They must be millions of years old!

Sher contributed by Khursheed Alam
English adaptation by Manish Modi
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ISLAM KI SHIKSHA
Islamic Teachings in Hindi
By Mohammed Abdul Hai
2001    180 x 120 mm    104 pp
Paperback     Rs. 20

ROZ EK SHER

हज़ारों ख़्वाहिशें ऐसी कि हर ख़्वाहिश पे दम निक‌ले
बहुत निक‌ले मिरे अर‌मान लेकिन फिर भी कम निक‌ले
-ग़ालिब

hazaaron khvaahishen aisii ki har khvaahish pe dam nikle
bahut nikle mire armaan lekin phir bhii kam nikle
-Ghalib

 ہزاروں خواہشیں ایسی کہ ہر خواہش پہ دم نکلے
بہت نکلے مرے ارمان لیکن پھر بھی کم نکلے
-غآلب

Thousands of longings, each one to die for
Many were fulfilled, but still too few!

Sher contributed by Sadashiv Marathe
English translation by Manish Modi
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HAZRAT MOHAMED
Life and Teachings of Prophet Mohamed
Hindi
By Mohammed Abdul Hai
2003    220 x 140 mm    192 pp
Paperback     Rs. 60