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Date: 9-Jun-99
Poet: Mustafa Zaidi

aa.Ndhii chalii to naqsh-e-kaf-e-paa nahii.n milaa
dil jis se mil gayaa vo dubaaraa nahii.n milaa

[naqsh-e-kaf-e-paa = footprints]

aavaaz ko to kaun samajhataa ki duur duur
Khaamoshiyo.n kaa dard-shanaasaa nahii.n milaa

[dard-shanaasaa = (someone) well acquainted with pain]

ham a.njuman me.n sab kii taraf dekhate rahe
apanii tarah se ko_ii akelaa nahii.n milaa

kachche gha.De ne jiit lii nadii cha.Dhii hu_ii
mazabuut kashtiyo.n ko kinaaraa nahii.n milaa