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inkaar me.n iqaraar kii baat aa hii ga_ii hai


inkaar me.n iqaraar kii baat aa hii ga_ii hai 
baato.n me.n Gam-e-yaar kii baat aa hii ga_ii hai 

aayaa hai kabhii zikr agar daar-o-rasan kaa 
gesuu-va-qad-e-yaar kii baat aa hii ga_ii hai 

[daar-o-rasan=scaffolding and a hangman's noose] 
[gesuu-va-qad-e-yaar=the height and hair of one's beloved] 

jab surKhiI-e-gul_shan kaa kabhii zikr huaa hai 
tere lab-o-ruKhsaar kii baat aa hii ga_ii hai 

[surKhi-e-gulashan=(red) colour of the garden] 
[lab-o-ruKhsaar=lips and cheeks] 

Dhuu.NDaa hai agar zaKhm-e-tamannaa ne mudaavaa 
ik nargis-e-biimaar kii baat aa hii ga_ii hai 

[zaKhm-e-tamannaa=wound caused by desire; mudaavaa=cure] 
[nargis-e-biimaar=beloved's eyes (not a direct translation)] 

mil baiThe hai.n zindaa.N me.n agar shaam ko ahabaab 
tere dar-o-diivaar kii baat aa hii ga_ii hai 

[zindaa.N=prison; ahabaah=friends (plural of habiib)] 
[dar=door; diivaar=walls] 

chhe.Daa hai ko_ii talKh fasaanaa jo kisii ne 
shiiriini-e-guftaar kii baat aa hii ga_ii hai 

[talKh=bitter; fasaanaa=tale]
[shiiriini-e-guftaar=sweetness of (someone's) conversation] 

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