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وہ فراق اور وہ وصال کہاں

A couplet by Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, with Roman Urdu and translations.

Posthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719–1748) holding a falcon (recto), 1764

وہ فراق اور وہ وصال کہاںوہ شب و روز و ماہ و سال کہاں

vo firaaq aur vo visaal kahaañvo shab-o-roz-o-maah-o-saal kahaañ

Where is that parting now, and where that union?Where are those nights and days, those months and years?

Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalibمرزا اسد اللہ خاں غالبؔ
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Painting: Posthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719–1748) holding a falcon (recto), 1764. Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0.

Roman Urdu

vo firaaq aur vo visaal kahaañvo shab-o-roz-o-maah-o-saal kahaañ

Translations

English
Where is that parting now, and where that union?Where are those nights and days, those months and years?
العربية
أين ذلك الفراق وأين ذلك الوصال؟أين تلك الليالي والأيام، والشهور والسنون؟
中文
那离别、那相会,如今在哪里?那些日夜、那些年月,如今在哪里?
Français
Où est maintenant cette séparation, où cette union ?Où sont ces nuits et ces jours, ces mois et ces années ?
Español
¿Dónde está ahora aquella separación, dónde aquella unión?¿Dónde aquellas noches y días, aquellos meses y años?
Русский
Где та разлука и где та встреча?Где те ночи и дни, месяцы и годы?

From: Intikhab-e-Ghalib: Sixty Ghazals of Mirza Ghalib · Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib · About the poet

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