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"Now-rooz literally means �New Day� in Persian, and the festival marks the beginning of the solar year and new year on the Iranian calendar, as well as among several other nationalities.This year, Nowrooz falls on Sunday, March 20th, 2016 with the following day, the Vernal Equinox, being the first day of the Persian New Year. Nine countries celebrate Persian New Year or Now-rooz nationally: Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Albania, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. "'Now-rooz literally means �New Day� in Persian, and the festival marks the beginning of the solar year and new year on the Iranian calendar, as well as among several other nationalities.This year, Now-rooz falls on Sunday, March 20th, 2016 with the following day, the Vernal Equinox, being the first day of the Persian New Year. Nine countries celebrate Persian New Year or Now-rooz nationally: Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Albania, Turkmenistan, ...

Gham ki barish ne tere naqsh ko dhoya nahi ... Tu ne muje kho dia main ne tuje khoya nahi ... The rain of sorrow has not washed away your mark ... Me? Lost by you. You ? I have lost not ...

Ye rim jim ye barish, ye awargi ka mosam ... Hamare bus mai hota tu tere pass chale aate ... These drops of rain and weather ripe for procrastination ... If only it was in our will to walk towards thee ...

This is one of my all time favorite Rumi poems from his Divan-e Shams. By some accounts, Rumi had spontaneously and publicly recited these verses during his son's weeding reception. Rumi is simply at his best in poetically conveying his wedding blessings to the newlyweds. I hope my translation can capture Rumi's intended wedding wishes and his extraordinary poetic celebration of the sacred bond of marriage. Rumi ~ Ghazal/Ode # 2667 from Divan-e Shams May this marriage be blessed. Here's some more wedding blessings from all of us gathered here tonight: May this wedding be blessed with eternal joy and happiness and may this sweet wedding flow forever like milk and honey. May this weeding be blessed with red wine and halwa sweets and may this weeding be blessed with fresh leaves and date palm trees. May this wedding be blessed today, tomorrow and forever and may this wedding be blessed with good fortune and prosperity. May this happy marriage last forever like the joyous hou...

Naa wafa ka zikar hoga, naaa wafa ki baat hogi, Ab muhabbat jis se bhi hogi, matlab ke sath hogi, No word of loyalty, no speaking of faithfulness, Who ever shall I love - I shall love in search of gain,

Muhabbat main nahi hai farq jeenay aur marnay ka, Usi ko daikh ker jeetay hain jis kafir per dum niklay, In love, no difference between life and death, By seeing one's killer does one live,

Maut tou naam se badnaam hai warna,   Dukh tou zindagi bhi boht daiti hai, Death by name is in-famous although, Pain -  life too gives a lot,