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Date: 04-Oct-99
Poet: Hari Manchanda "Bani"

subah kii pahalii duaa se aashanaa hotaa huaa
ek sannaaTaa hai maanuus-e-sadaa hotaa huaa

[aashanaa = acquainted; maanuus-e-sadaa = familiar sound]

jaate mausam kii ajab tasviir hai chaaro.n ataraf
darmiyaa.N us ke hai ik pattaa haraa hotaa huaa

itanii aagaahii to hai mai.n ba.Dh rahaa huu.N kis taraf
ye nahii.n maaluum kis se huu.N judaa hotaa huaa

[aagaahii = to know beforehand]

ik navaa aahistaa aahistaa fanaa hotii hu_ii
ek harf-e-sad-talab chup chup adaa hotaa huaa

[fanaa = destroyed; harf-e-sad-talab = word describing a thousand desires]

dekh mai.n apanii jagah se ik qadam sarakaa nahii.n
dekh terii hii nishaanii hai Khataa hotaa huaa

[sarakaa = moved]

ik nazar imkaa.N-hazaar-imkaa.N safar karatii hu_ii
ek ma.nzar sau parat yaksar nayaa hotaa huaa

[imkaa.N-hazaar-imkaa.N = having numerous possibilities]

ba.Dh rahaa hai kaun apanaa raastaa lete hu_e
apane ham-raaho.n se chupake se Khafaa hotaa huaa

[ham-raah = fellow traveller; Khafaa = angry/annoyed]