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Date: 24-Mar-2000
Poet: Mirza Ghalib 

rahiye ab aisii jagah chalakar jahaa.N koii na ho 
ham_suKhan koii na ho aur hamazabaa.N koii na ho 

[ham_suKhan = ; ham_zabaa.N = speaking the same language]

be-dar-o-diivaar saa ik ghar banaayaa chaahiye 
koii ham_saayaa na ho aur paasabaa.N koii na ho 

[dar = door; ham_saayaa = neighbour; paasabaa.N = sentinel/watchman]

pa.Diye gar biimaar to koii na ho tiimaaradaar 
aur agar mar jaayiye to nauhaa_Khvaa.N koii na ho 

[tiimaaradaar = one who looks after a sick person]
[nauhaa = lamentation/mourning]


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