1. Home »
  2. Indian and Urdu Poets »
  3. Urdu Poets »
  4. Amir Khusro

Couplet

Amir Khusro

Khusrau darya prem ka, ulti wa ki dhaar,
Jo utra so doob gaya, jo dooba so paar.
English Translation.
Oh Khusrau, the river of love
Runs in strange directions.
One who jumps into it drowns,
And one who drowns, gets across.




Quotes of the Day

There is only one terminal dignity - love.
• Helen Hayes


Poems of the Day
  • Walt Whitman
    Song for All Seas, All Ships.
    by Walt Whitman
    1 TO-DAY a rude brief recitative, Of ships sailing the Seas, each with its special flag or ship-signal; Of unnamed heroes in the ships—Of waves spreading and spreading, far as the eye can reach;