Words from India
India
6 lines from India, each with the edition you can check it in.
Mirza Ghalib · Urdu and Persian poet
A thousand desires, each one worth dying for; many of my longings came true, and still too few.
ہزاروں خواہشیں ایسی کہ ہر خواہش پہ دم نکلے / بہت نکلے مرے ارمان لیکن پھر بھی کم نکلے
Diwan-e-Ghalib, the ghazal Hazaron khwahishen aisi, opening couplet
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Rabindranath Tagore · Bengali poet, composer and painter
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free.
Gitanjali (the author’s English version), poem 35
If you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars.
Stray Birds, verse 6
Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.
Stray Birds, verse 82
Thiruvalluvar · Tamil poet
Learn thoroughly what should be learnt; then live by what you have learnt.
கற்க கசடறக் கற்பவை கற்றபின் நிற்க அதற்குத் தக
Tirukkural, couplet 391
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To speak harsh words when kind ones are at hand is like picking unripe fruit when the ripe is there.
இனிய உளவாக இன்னாத கூறல் கனிஇருப்பக் காய்கவர்ந் தற்று
Tirukkural, couplet 100
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