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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

Thiruvalluvar · Tamil poet

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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