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Date: 11-Aug-99
Poet: Ahmed Faraz

baat kar tujh pe gumaa.N hone lagaa tasviir kaa
mu.ntazir kab se hai Gair terii taqariir kaa

[gumaa.N = suspicion; mu.ntazir = waiting; taqariir = repeated speech]

raat kyaa soye ki baaqii umr kii nii.nd u.D ga_ii
Khvaab kyaa dekhaa ki dha.Dakaa lag gayaa taabiir kaa

[taabiir = realization of a dream]

kaise paayaa thaa tujhe kis tarah khoyaa tujhe
mujh-saa mu.nkir bhii to qaayal ho gayaa taqadiir kaa

[mu.nkir = one who does not believe; qaayal = fan/follower]

jaane kis aalam me.n tuu bichha.Daa hai ki tere baGair
aaj tak har naqsh fariyaadii hai merii tahariir kaa

[tahariir = writing]

jis ko bhii chaahaa ba.Dii shiddat se chaahaa hai "Faraz"
sil-silaa TuuTaa nahii.n hai dard kii za.njiir kaa

[shiddat = intensely]