saaman-e-tijaarat meraa imaan nahii.n hai
saaman-e-tijaarat meraa imaan nahii.n hai
har dar pe jhuke sar ye merii shaan nahii.n hai
[tijaarat = trade]
har lafz ko siine me.n basaa lo to bane baat
taako.n me.n sajaane ko ye quraan nahii.n hai
[taak = shelf]
allaah merii rizq kii barakat na chalii jaaye
do roz se ghar me.n ko_ii mahamaan nahii.n hai
[rizq = subsistence/daily bread; barakat = abundance/good fortune]
ham ne to banaaye hai.n samandar me.n bhii raste
yuu.N ham ko miTaana ko_ii aasaan nahii.n hai
jis ko buzurgo.n kii rivaayat na rahe yaad
us shaKhs kii logo.n ko_ii pahachaan nahii.n hai
[buzurg = elder]
Recited at Red Fort mushaira, New Delhi on 23rd January, 2001
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