تری نیچی نظر خود تیری عصمت کی محافظ ہے
تو اس نشتر کی تیزی آزما لیتی تو اچھا تھا
-اسرار الحق مجاز
Teri neechi nazar khud teri ismat ki muhafiz hai
tu is nashtar ki tezi aazma leti to achcha tha
– Asrarul Haq Majaz
तेरी नीची नज़र खुद तेरी इस्मत की मुहाफ़िज़ है
तू इस नश्तर की तेज़ी आज़मा लेती तो अच्छा था
-असरारउल हक़ मजाज़
Meaning of:
Nazar, नज़र, نظر: निग़ाह, , Glance
Ismat, इस्मत, عصمت: आबरू, इज़्ज़त, Purity, Chastity, Honor
Muhafiz, मुहाफ़िज़, محافظ: रक्षक, Guardian, protector
Nashtar, नश्तर, نشتر: तेज़ छुरी, काँटा, Sharp blade, Thorn
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alas i encoutered this page on this semifinal day, though i will be regular reader from now onwards. love for spreading such a fine work.
Thank you, I am happy that you are a connoisseur of Urdu poetry. Please do keep giving me your feedback on the posts I make.
Please PLEASE publish hard copies of Ghalib, Faiz, all of them. May be a Trilingual Dictionary.
PLEASE
A paper edition of my books will be out soon, I am covering 8 poets – two from the traditional era, two from the romantic era, two from the progressive writer’s movement, and two from the modern and postmodernism era.