Couplet
پتا پتا بوٹا بوٹا حال ہمارا جانے ہےPatta Patta Boota Boota
by Mir Taqi Mir میر تقی میر Attributed
پتا پتا بوٹا بوٹا حال ہمارا جانے ہے
جانے نہ جانے گل ہی نہ جانے باغ تو سارا جانے ہے
Patta patta boota boota haal hamaara jaane hai
Jaane na jaane gul hi na jaane baagh to saara jaane hai
पत्ता पत्ता बूटा बूटा हाल हमारा जाने है
जाने न जाने गुल ही न जाने बाग़ तो सारा जाने है
“Every leaf, every plant knows my state; the rose alone may not know, but the whole garden does.”
A plain-English paraphrase of the opening, not a literary translation.
- Attribution
- Widely attributed to this poet. Our editors have not yet checked this text against a printed edition, so small variations from published versions are possible.
- Source
- Kulliyat-e-Mir (as cited; edition and page to be added)
- Rights
- Public domain (poet died long ago). The Roman and Hindi transliterations are by Lafzon Ki Dunia.
About the poet
میر تقی میرMir Taqi MirMir Taqi Mir was born in Agra, lived for many years in Delhi and spent his last decades in Lucknow. He is regarded as one of the masters of the Urdu ghazal, admired for the simplicity, tenderness and sorrow of his verse.… Read more