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Date: 30-Apr-99
Poet: Sagar Siddiqui

ruudaad-e-muhabbat kyaa kahiye kuchh yaad rahii kuchh bhuul gaye
do din kii masarrat kyaa kahiye kuchh yaad rahii kuchh bhuul gaye

[ruudaad-e-muhabbat = Tale of love; masarrat = happiness]

jab jaam diyaa thaa saaqii ne jab daur chalaa thaa mahafil me.n
vo hosh kii sa'at kyaa kahiye kuchh yaad rahii kuchh bhuul gaye

[sa'at = moment]

ehasaas ke maiKhaane me.n kahaa.N ab fikr-o-nazar kii qa.ndiile.n
aalam kii shiddat kyaa kahiye kuchh yaad rahii kuchh bhuul gaye

[fikr-o-nazar = point of view; qa.ndile.n = lamps/candles]
[aalam = sorrow; shiddat = intensity]

ab apanii haqiiqat bhii "Sagar" berabt kahaanii lagatii hai
duniyaa kii haqiiqat kyaa kahiye kuchh yaad rahii kuchh bhuul gaye

[berabt = unrelated]