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Date: 11-Jan-99
Poet: Bashir Badr


shabanam ke aa.Nsuu phuul par ye to vahii qissaa huaa
aa.Nkhe.n merii bhiigii hu_ii.n cheharaa teraa utaraa huaa

[shabanam = dew; qissaa = incident/happening]

ab in dino.n merii Gazal Khushbuu kii ik tasviir hai
har lafz gu.nche kii tarah khil kar teraa cheharaa huaa

[lafz = word]

ma.ndir gaye masjid gaye piiro.n fakiiro.n se mile
ik us ko paane ke liye kya kyaa kiyaa kyaa kyaa huaa

**Note the clever use of words which makes 
this sher applicable to either a search of the 
Almighty or a more 'earthly' beloved.**


shaayad ise bhii le gaye achchhe dino.n ke qaafile
is baaG me.n ik phuul thaa terii tarah ha.Nsataa huaa

[qaafilaa = caravan]

anmol motii pyaar ke, duniyaa churaa ke le ga_ii
dil kii havelii kaa ko_ii daravaazaa thaa TuuTaa huaa

[havelii = mansion]