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Date: 04-Aug-99
Poet: Abdul Hameed Adam

phuulo.n kii Tahaniyo.n pe nasheman banaa_iiye
bijalii gire to jashn-e-charaaGaa.N manaa_iiye

[nasheman = nest; jashn--charaaGaa.N = celebration of lights]

kaliyo.n ke ang ang me.n miThaa saa dard hai
biimaar nikahato.n ko zaraa gud-gudaa_iiye

[nikahat = fragrance]

kab se sulag rahii hai javaanii kii garm raat
zulfe.n bikher kar mere pahaluu me.n aa_iiye

bahakii hu_ii siyah ghaTaao.n ke saath saath
jii chaahataa hai shaam-e-abad tak to jaa_iiye

[shaam-e-abad = unending evening]

sun kar jise havaas me.n Tha.nDak sii aa base
aisii ko_ii udaas kahaanii sunaa_iiye

[havaas = sense and sensibility]

raste pe har qadam pe Kharaabaat hai.n "Adam"
ye haal ho to kis tarah daaman bachaa_iiye

[Kharaabaat = wine-bars]