3 Shers Of Mir Taqi Mir In English Translation Poem by Ravi Kopra

rāh-e-dūr-e-ishq meñ rotā hai kyā

aage aage dekhiye hotā hai kyā


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pattā pattā buuTā buuTā haal hamārā jaane hai

jaane na jaane gul hī na jaane baaġh to saarā jaane hai


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ulTī ho ga.iiñ sab tadbīreñ kuchh na davā ne kaam kiyā

dekhā is bīmāri-e-dil ne āḳhir kaam tamām kiyā


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The path to love is long. Why do you cry?
Move forward and see what's there for you.

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Each leaf, each plant knows how I am doing
Except flowers, the whole garden knows my suffering.

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All remedies failed. Medicines did not prevail.
His love stricken heart, the cause of his pains.