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bicchaR ke tujh se terii yaad ke nagar aaye
ke ek safar se ko’ii jaise apne ghar aaye

(nagar : city)

hamaare saath rukegii hamaarii tanhaa’ii
tumhaare saath gaye jo bhii dar-ba-dar aaye

(tanhaa’ii : loneliness; dar-ba-dar : door to door)

gumaaN bhaTakne lage the pas-e-nigaah magar
chiraaGh duur se jalte hu’e nazar aaye

(pas-e-nigaah : in front of eyes)

chhaTaa Ghubaar to raahoN meN kitne phuul khile
bajii jo Daff to fasiiloN pe kitne sar aaye

(Ghubaar : fog; Daff : a kind of bass tambourine; fasiil : a low wall of enclosure in front of a fortress)

bahaar raas na aayii qafas-nashiinoN ko
uRaan bhuul gaye juuNhii baal-o-par aaye

(qafas-nashiinoN : those living in cages; baal-o-par : show what one is made of)

Zahid Masood

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