काश ... !!

Kaash ... !!

And then there was this bittersweet pain of love that painted the canvas of my life in all shades of red and blue...

Glossary : 

तस्कीन : सांत्वना, दिलासा 

ज़ार : दु:खी,बेकस 

'इबादत-ए-इश्क़ : इश्क़ कि पूजा

Presented below is an English translation of this couplet.

 If only my aggrieved heart could ever get consolation in a manner,

Wherein you would ask your portrait how I worshipped love.

✽✽✽✽✽✽✽

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मुहब्बत...!

 

Muhabbat . . . !!

Presented below is an English translation of this couplet.

What should I say now about the story of this love, O' Friend! 

The farther I drifted, the greater was the attraction of the shore!!                                                                            ✽✽✽✽✽✽✽

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बे-सुकूँ ...!

Be-sukuun !

When you realize the futility of your work ...

Glossary :

याँ  : here

बे-सुकूँ : restless

Presented below is an English translation of this couplet.

The soul is restless and the heart has no comfort here,

The only work I have day and night is having no work at all. 

                                      ✽✽✽✽✽✽✽

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