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Date: 18-Feb-99
Poet: "Taseer"

Muhammed Deen "Taseer" was born in 1920 in Ajanala near Amritsar, India. 
His poetry compilation is titled "Aatish-kadaa". He passed away in 1950 
in Lahore, Pakistan.


merii vafaaye.n yaad karoge
ro_oge, fariyaad karoge

mujhako to barbaad kiyaa hai
aur kise barbaad karoge

ham bhii ha.Nsa.nge tum par ik din
tum bhii kabhii fariyaad karoge

mahafil kii mahafil hai Gam-gii.n
kis-kis kaa dil shaad karoge

[Gam-gii.n = steeped in sorrow; shaad = bring joy to]

dushman tak ko bhuul gaye ho
mujhako tum kyaa yaad karoge

jaakar bhii naashaad kiyaa thaa
aakar bhii naashaad karoge

[naashaad = unhappy]

chho.Doo bhii "Taseer" kii baate.n
kab tak us ko yaad karoge