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 the 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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