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دیکھ تو دل کہ جاں سے اٹھتا ہے

A couplet by Mir Taqi Mir, with Roman Urdu and translations.

Roman Urdu

dekh to dil ki jaañ se uThtaa haiye dhuaañ saa kahaañ se uThtaa hai

Word meanings

جاں
jaañ
soul, life
دھواں
dhuaañ
smoke
اٹھنا
uThnaa
to rise

Commentary (sharh)

Mir's pathos (soz-o-gudaz) in a few plain words. The smoke is the burning of the lover's inner self, but the poet asks as if he did not know (tajahul-e-arifana). Short metre (chhoTii bahr) and everyday words are Mir's signature.

Translations

English
See whether it rises from the heart or the soul:where does this smoke-like thing rise from?
العربية
انظر أمن القلب يصعد أم من الروح:من أين يصعد هذا الذي يشبه الدخان؟
中文
你看,这是从心里升起,还是从灵魂里升起:这像烟一样的东西是从哪里升起的?
Français
Vois si cela monte du cœur ou de l'âme :d'où monte cette sorte de fumée ?
Español
Mira si sube del corazón o del alma:¿de dónde sube este como humo?
Русский
Посмотри, из сердца это поднимается или из души:откуда поднимается это, похожее на дым?

From: Intikhab-e-Mir: Sixty Ghazals of Mir Taqi Mir · Mir Taqi Mir · About the poet

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