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4 Urdu ash'ar / shayari (shers, couplets) by

Bhartendu Harishchandra

1850-1885,

Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

1 / 4: Bhartendu Harishchandra

ye chaar din ke tamaashe hain

aah duniyaa ke

raha jahaan mein sikandar

na aur na jam baaqi

the spectacles of this world

last, ah, but for a few days

neither sikandar remained

nor did jam in this world

Bhartendu Harishchandra (4)
chaar (5)

four

aah (6)

sigh

jahaan (15)

world, universe

king, alexander

jam (1)

jamshid (mythical persian king)

baaqi (5)

remainder, left

Theme: Life, Living & Dying (115)

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2 / 4: Bhartendu Harishchandra

jahaan dekho vahaan maujood

mera krishn pyaara hai

usi ka sab hai jalva jo

jahaan mein aashkaaraa hai

in every direction i see

my dear krishna is there

all the splendour revealed

in this world is his alone

jahaan (15)

world, universe

pyaara (2)

beloved

sab (10)

all

jalva (2)

radiance, luminescence

manifest, revealed

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3 / 4: Bhartendu Harishchandra

gulaabi gaal par kuchh rang

mujh ko bhi jamaane do

manaane do mujhe bhi jaan-e-mann

tyohaar holi mein

let me also smear a little color

on your rosy cheek

let me, my beloved,

celebrate this Holi with you

rosy

gaal (1)

cheek

par (12)

wings, feathers, upon

rang (10)

color, colors

to apply

to observe, celebrate

jaan (13)

life, strength / beloved

festival

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4 / 4: Bhartendu Harishchandra

abhi to aayi ho

jaldi kahaan hai jaane ki

uTho na pahlu se

Thahro zara...kidhar ko chale

you have just arrived

what’s the hurry to leave

don’t get up just yet from my side

stay a while, where are you headed

pahlu (3)

side

jaldi (1)

haste

thahro (1)

stay

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