Sher#Death
Ab to ghabra ke ye kehte hain ki mar jayenge
Sher bySheikh Ibrahim Zauq · 1790–1854
Hinglish
ab to ghabra ke ye kehte hain ki mar jayenge mar ke bhi chain na paaya to kidhar jayenge
— Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq
Urdu in Devanagari
अब तो घबरा के ये कहते हैं कि मर जाएँगे मर के भी चैन न पाया तो किधर जाएँगे
English translation
In despair, I now say that I will die — but if I find no peace even in death, where will I go then?
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But see! the pains begin to fly; Tho’ Venus bled she could not die: See the new phœnix point her eyes, And lovelier from her ashes rise.
Brighter from her disease she shines, As fire the precious gold refines. Thus when the silent grave becomes Pregnant with life as fruitful wombs; When the wide seas and spacious earth Resign us to our second birth;
'Tis the night—the night Of the grave's delight, And the warlocks are at their play! Ye think that without, The wild winds shout, But no, it is they—it is they!