Dil ki veerani ka kya mazkoor hai

Sher byMir Taqi Mir · 1723–1810

Hinglish

dil ki veerani ka kya mazkoor hai ye nagar sau martaba loota gaya

— Mir Taqi Mir

Urdu in Devanagari

दिल की वीरानी का क्या मज़कूर है ये नगर सौ मर्तबा लूटा गया

English translation

Why even speak of how desolate my heart is? This city has been plundered a hundred times.

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