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इब्न-ए-मरियम हुआ करे कोई। (Ibn-e-Mariyam Hua Kare Koi) Let Someone Be Messiah of This Age - Mirza Ghalib  This Mirza Ghalib ghazal is repentance of loving a heartless beloved. He said that for him one who can cure this pain of love is Messiah (Son of Mary - Jesus). He found no remedy of his pain but to lament throughout his life in that situation because he has also characterized his beloved who offers no solution. I have tried to translate it there with reference from  +Rekhta  . For better understanding of this ghazal visit : Ibn-e-Maryam Hua Kare Koi - Mirza Ghalib  इब्न-ए-मरयम हुआ करे कोई,  मेरे दुख की दवा करे कोई।  Ibn-e-Maryam Hua Kare Koi  Mere Dukh Ki Dava Kare Koi  Let someone be Messiah (son of Mary - Jesus) of this age, if he can't cure my pain why would with him I attach. शरअ' ओ आईन पर मदार सही, ऐसे क़ातिल का क्या करे कोई।  Shara-o-Aain Par Madar Sahi, Aise Qatil Ka Kya Kare Koi. As far as religious & secular law go, with ...

सरफ़रोशी की तमन्ना (Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna) - The Desire to Sacrifice - Bismil Azimabadi/Ram Prasad Bismil .  Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna Ab Hamare Dil Mein Hai, Dekhna Hai Zor Kitna Baazu - e - Qatil Mein Hai. When I first heard this line while watching Shaheed (1965) starring Manoj Kimar way back in the 90's as a kid little did I know that such revolutionary poem which have the power to instill patriotism and courage to do something for your country will not fit in some body's political ideology. Rajasthan BJP government has dropped it from class VII textbook along with references to Jawaharlal Nehru and another poem 'Jhansi Ki Rani ' by Subhadra Kumari Chauhan . I don't understand what they are trying to prove by defaming/omitting/changing/manipulating historical facts? You can't eliminate the contributions of these great freedom fighters by eliminating them from textbooks. Here I am presenting this ghazal of Bismil Azimabadi which made famous by contributions fr...