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Date: 10-May-2000
Poet: Sir Mohammed Iqbal


nashaa pilaake giraanaa to sab ko aataa hai
mazaa to jab hai ki girato.n ko thaam le saaqii


jo baadaakash the puraane vo uThate jaate hai.n
kahii.n se aab-e-baqaa-e-davaam le saaqii

[baadaakash = habitual drinkers]
[aab-e-baqaa-e-davaam = nectar (that which gives eternal life)]


kaTii hai raat to hangaamaa gastarii me.n terii
sahar qariib hai allaah kaa naam le saaqii

[hangaamaa gastarii = in an uproar/tumult/riot]
[sahar = dawn; qariib = near]


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