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Nasikh and Khwaja Vazir
 

Shaikh Imam Bakhsh Nasikh once went to a businessman's house. A handsome boy was lying there, half asleep. Nasikh saw him and composed the line:

	hai chashm niim_baaz ajab Khvaab-e-naaz hai
	[niim_baaz = half open] 

But he could not find the second line to complete the sher. He came home and was still trying to find the second line when Khwaja Vazir came to visit him. When the visitor found out the reason for Naasikh's silence, he helped compose the second line. The sher then became:

	hai chashm niim_baaz ajab Khvaab-e-naaz hai
	fitanaa to so rahaa hai dar-e-fitanaa baaz hai
	[fitanaa = mischief; dar = door]
 
Source: From the archives of ALUP (alt.language.urdu.poetry)
Posted by: Jamil Ahmad
Maintained by Nita Awatramani
URL: http://www.urdupoetry.com
Last updated on: 23rd July, 2001