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Date: 13-Jul-99
Poet: Sir Mohammed Iqbal

ajab vaa_iz kii diin-daarii hai yaa rab
adaavat hai ise saare jahaa.N se

[vaa_iz = preacher/learned man; diin-daarii = religious preachings]
[adaavat = enmity]

ko_ii ab tak na ye samajhaa ki i.nsaa.N
kahaa.N jaataa hai aataa hai kahaa.N se

vahii.n se raat ko zulmat milii hai
chamak taaro.n ne paa_ii hai jahaa.N se

[zulmat = darkness]

ham apanii dard-ma.ndii kaa fasaanaa
sunaa karate hai.n apane raazadaa.N se

ba.Dii baariik hai.n vaa_iz kii chaale.n
laraz jaataa hai aavaaz-e-azaa.N se

[baariik = minute/ extremely small; laraz = waver]
[aavaaz-e-azaa.N = call for prayer/namaaz]