aap me.n gum hai.n magar sab kii Khabar rakhate hai.n
Jamil Malik

aap me.n gum hai.n magar sab kii Khabar rakhate hai.n
ghar me.n baiThe hai.n zamaane pe nazar rakhate hai.n

nuktaachii.n dekhiye kis kis pe nazar rakhate hai.n
ham bhii ai diidaavaro aib-o-hunar rakhate hai.n

[nuktaachii.n=critic; diidaavaro=those who analyze/criticize]
[aib-o-hunar=vice and virtue]

ham se ab ai garadish-e-dauraa.N tumhe.n kyaa lenaa hai
ek hii dil hai so vo zer-o-zabar rakhate hai.n

[garadish-e-dauraa.N=times of misfortune; zer-o-zabar=ups and downs]

jis ne in tiiraa ujaalo.n kaa bharam rakhaa hai
apane siine me.n vo naadiidaa sahar rakhate hai.n

[tiiraa ujaalaa=light which is full of darkness]
[naadiidaa=unseen; sahar=morning]

rahanumaa kho gaye ma.nzil to bulaatii hai hame.n
paa.Nv zaKhmii hai.n to kyaa zauq-e-safar rakhate hai.n

[rahanumaa=guide; zauq=taste/interest]

vo a.ndhero.n ke payambar hai.n to kyaa Gam hai "Jamil"
ham bhii aa.Nkho.n me.n ka_ii shams-o-qamar rakhate hai.n

[payambar=prophet; shams-o-qamar=moon and sun]

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