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Date: 06-Nov-99
Poet: Kaif Azeemabadi

tabaahii kaa apanii nishaa.N chho.D aaye
varaq dar varaq daastaa.N chho.D aaye

[tabaahii = destruction; varaq = leaf (page)]

har ek ajanabii se pataa puuchhate hai.n
tujhe zi.ndagii ham kahaa.N chho.D aaye

vahii log jiine kaa fan jaanate hai.n
jo ehasaas-e-suud-o-ziyaa.N chho.D aaye

[fan = skill; suud-o-ziyaa.N = profit and loss]

nikal aaye tanahaa terii rahaguzar par
bhaTakane ko ham kaaravaa.N chho.D aaye