✒️ Poetry of the Day

Verses of Friday 23 October

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اردو شاعری · Urdu

فرشتے سے بہتر ہے انسان بننا

مگر اس میں لگتی ہے محنت زیادہ

— Altaf Hussain Hali

Roman Urdu & meaning

Farishte se behtar hai insaan banna

Magar is mein lagti hai mehnat zyada

Becoming a true human being is better than being an angel, but it takes more effort.

English poetry

Water, water, every where,

Nor any drop to drink.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner