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I am going out of town for a few days. So the next Mehfil-e-Gazal post 
shall be sent on Monday March 15th , 1999.


Date: 10-Mar-99
Poet: Qateel Shifai

ik-ik patthar jo.D ke mai.n ne jo diivaar banaa_ii hai
jhaa.Nkhuu us ke piichhe to rusvaa_ii hii rusvaa_ii hai

yo.n lagataa hai sote jaagate auro.n kaa mohataaj huu.N
aa.Nkhe.n merii apanii hai.npar un me.n nii.nd paraa_ii hai

dekh rahe hai.n sab hairat se niile-niile paanii ko
puuchhe kaun sama.ndar se tujh me.n kitanii gahara_ii hai

aaj huaa maaluum mujhe is shahar ke cha.nd sayaano.n se
apanii raah badalate rahanaa sabase ba.Dii daanaa_ii hai

[daanaa_ii = cleverness]

to.D gaye paimaan-e-vafaa is daur me.n kaise kaise log
ye mat soch "Qateel" ki bas ik yaar teraa harajaa_ii hai