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Date: 14-Feb-2000
Poet: Saeed Rahi

A very popular Ghulam Ali ghazal. This was 
contributed by a fellow subscriber.

paaraa paaraa huaa pairaahan-e-jaa.N
phir mujhe chho.D gaye chaaraagaraa.N

[paaraa paaraa = in bits and pieces]
[pairaahan-e-jaa.N = fabric of life]
[chaaraagaraa.N = healers]

ko_ii aahaT na ishaara na sharaab 
kaisaa viraa.N hai ye vast-e-imkaa.N

[aahaT = sound; viraa.N = deserted]
[vast = centre/in the middle; i.mkaa.N = possibility]

vaqt ke sog me.n lamho.n kaa juluus
jaise ek qaafilaa-e-nauhaagaraa.N 

[sog = mourning; juluus = procession]
[qaafilaa =caravan; nauhaagaraa.N = mourners]


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