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vaqt-e-safar qariib hai bistar sameT luu.N


vaqt-e-safar qariib hai bistar sameT luu.N
bikharaa hu_aa hayaat kaa daftar sameT luu.N

[vaqt-e-safar = time to travel; qariib = near; bistar = bedding]
[sameTanaa = to gather; bikharaa hu_aa = scattered; hayaat = life]

phir jaane ham mile.n na mile.n ik zaraa ruko
mai.n dil ke aa_iine me.n ye manzar sameT luu.N

[manzar = scene/view]

Gairo.n ne jo suluuk kiye un kaa kyaa gilaa
phe.nke hai.n dosto.n ne jo patthar sameT luu.N

[Gair = stranger/rival; suluuk = conduct/behaviour]
[gilaa = complaint]

kal jaane kaise ho.nge kahaa.N ho.nge ghar ke log
aa.Nkho.n me.n ek baar bharaa ghar sameT luu.N

sail-e-nazar bhii Gam kii tamaazat se Khushk ho
vo pyaas hai mile to samandar sameT luu.N

[sail = flood; sail-e-nazar = tears; tamaazat = heat; Khushk = dry]

'Ajmal' bha.Dak rahii hai zamaane me.n jitanii aag
jii chaahataa hai siine ke andar sameT luu.N

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