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kaThin hai raahguzar thoRii duur saath chalo

kaThin hai raahguzar thoRii duur saath chalo
bahut kaRaa hai safar thoRii duur saath chaalo

(kaThin : difficult; raahguzar : path)

tamaam umr kahaaN ko’ii saath detaa hai
maiN jaantaa huuN magar thoRii duur saath chalo

nashe meN chuur huuN maiN bhii tumheN bhii hosh nahiiN
baRaa mazaa ho agar thoRii duur saath chalo

ye ek shab kii mulaaqaat bhii Ghaniimat hai
kise hai kal kii Khabar, thoRii duur saath chalo

har ko’ii dil kii hathelii pe hai sehraa rakhe

har ko’ii dil kii hathelii pe hai sehraa rakhe
kisko sehraa ab kare vo kise pyaasaa rakhe

(sehraa : desert)

umr bhar kaun nibhaataa hai talluq itnaa
ai merii jaan ke dushman tujhe Allah rakhe

mujhko acchaa nahiiN lagtaa ko’ii hamnaam teraa
ko’ii tujhsaa ho to phir naam bhii tujhsaa rakhe

dil bhii paagal hai ke us shaKhs se vaabastaa hai
jo kisii aur kaa hone de na apnaa rakhe

(vaabastaa : attached)

silsile toR gayaa vo sabhii jaate jaate

silsile toR gayaa vo sabhii jaate jaate
varnaa itne to maraasim the ke aate jaate(maraasim : relationship)

shikvaa-e-zulmat-e-shab se to kahiiN behtar thaa
apne hisse kii ko’ii shammaa jalaate jaate

(shikvaa-e-zulmat-e-shab : lamenting about the darkness of the night)

kitnaa aasaaN tha tere hijr meN marna jaanaaN
phir bhi ik umar lagi jaan se jaate jaate

jashn-e-maqtal hi na barpa hu’aa varnaa ham bhii
paa-bajolaaN hii sahii naachte gaate jaate