5 Quotes & Sayings By Amir Khusrau

Amir Khusrau is a poet and international speaker, who is an author of the book "My Journey to Inner Peace". He was born in Jhelum (Pakistan), and did his early education there. His father was a school teacher and he did his schooling from there. He then went on to do post-graduation in Mathematics from Karachi University Read more

However, he was not happy with his job and sought the meaning of life. He started to write poetry and did not find any peace until he read Paulo Coelho's "The Alchemist". It changed his life forever.

He met Paulo Coelho at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany. After this meeting, he started writing poems and found peace in his life through it. And he began writing poetry and sent them to magazines and newspapers in Pakistan and abroad.

He has written over thirty books so far, and his books have been translated into different languages, including English, French, German, Urdu, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Hindi and other languages.

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Farsi Couplet:Mun tu shudam tu mun shudi, mun tun shudam tu jaan shudi Taakas na guyad baad azeen, mun deegaram tu deegari English Translation:I have become you, and you me, I am the body, you soul; So that no one can say hereafter, That you are someone, and me someone else. Amir Khusrau
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Farsi Couplet: Agar firdaus bar roo-e zameen ast, Hameen ast-o hameen ast-o hameen ast. English Translation: If there is a paradise on earth, It is this, it is this, it is this Amir Khusrau
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Farsi Couplet:Naala-e zanjeer-e Majnun arghanoon-e aashiqanast Zauq-e aan andaza-e gosh-e ulul-albaab neest English Translation:The creaking of the chain of Majnun is the orchestra of the lovers, To appreciate its music is quite beyond the ears of the wise. Amir Khusrau
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Khusrau darya prem ka, ulti wa ki dhaar, Jo utra so doob gaya, jo dooba so paar. English Translation. Oh Khusrau, the river of love Runs in strange directions. One who jumps into it drowns, And one who drowns, gets across. Amir Khusrau