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Date: 13-May-99
Poet: Razi Akhtar 'Shauq'

ye kaun Duub gayaa aur ubhar gayaa mujh me.n
ye kaun saaye kii suurat guzar gayaa mujh me.n

ye kis ke soG me.n shoridaa-haal phirataa huu.N
vo kaun shaKhs thaa aisaa ki mar gayaa mujh me.n

[soG = mourning; shoridaa-haal = wretched condition]

ajab havaa-e-bahaaraa ne chaaraasaazii kii
vo zaKhm jis ko na bharanaa thaa bhar gayaa mujh me.n

[havaa-e-bahaaraa = winds of spring; chaaraasaazii = cure]

vo aadamii ki jo patthar thaa jii rahaa hai abhii
jo aa_iinaa thaa vo bikhar gayaa mujh me.n

bisaal kyaa ki vo jab bhii qariib se guzaraa
vo yuu.N lagaa ki ko_ii raks kar gayaa mujh me.n

[raks = dance]

vo saath thaa to ajab dhuup chaa.Nv rahatii thii
bas ab to ek hii mausam Thahar gayaa mujh me.n