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aah ko chaahiye ik umr asar hone tak

aah ko chaahiye ik umr asar hone tak
kaun jiitaa hai terii zulf ke sar hone tak

(aah : sigh; zulf : tresses)

daam har mauj meN hai halqaa-e-sad-kaam-e-nahang
dekheN kyaa guzre hai qatre pe guhar hone tak

(daam : trap; mauj : wave; halqaa : ring; sad : hundred; nahang : crocodile; guhar : pearl)

aashiquii sabr-talab aur tamannaa betaab
dil kaa kyaa rang karuuN Khuun-e-jigar hone tak

(sabr-talab : requiring patience)

maiN nazar se pii raha huuN ye samaaN badal na jaaye

maiN nazar se pii raha huuN ye samaaN badal na jaaye
na jhukaao tum nigaaheN kahiiN raat Dhal na jaaye

(samaaN : ambience)

abhii raat kuch hai baaqii, na uThaa naqaab saaqii
tiraa rind girte girte, kahiiN phir saNbhal na jaaye

(naqaab : veil; rind : person who is inebriated)

mirii zindagii ke maalik, mire dil pe haath raKhna
tire aane kii khushii meiN miraa dam nikal na jaaye

mujhe tum nazar se giraa to rahe ho

mujhe tum nazar se giraa to rahe ho
mujhe tum kabhii bhii bhulaa naa sakoge
na jaane mujhe kyuuN yaqiiN ho chalaa hai
merii yaad ko tum miTaa naa sakoge

merii yaad hogii jidhar jaaoge tum
kabhii naGhmaa ban ke, kabhii ban ke aaNsuu
taRaptaa mujhe har taraf paaoge tum
shamaa jo jalaayii merii vafaa ne
bujhaanaa bhii chaaho bujhaa naa sakoge

(naGhmaa : poem; shamaa : light)