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Date: 22-Nov-99
Poet: Ahmed Faraz


Ahmed Faraz has not been keeping well these days. He 
recited this in a recent interview with the BBC.


ab naye saal kii mohalat nahii.n milane vaalii
aa chuke ab to shab-o-roz azaabo.n vaale

[mohalat = time; shab-o-roz = night and day; azaab = pain/misfortune]

ab to sab dashnaa-o-Kha.njar kii zubaa.N bolate hai.n
ab kahaa.N log muhabbat ke nisaabo.n vaale

[dashnaa = dagger]

na mere zaKhm khile hai.n na teraa ra.ng-e-hinaa
mausam aaye hii nahii.n ab ke gulaabo.n vaale