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Today's poet is Hashim Raza. 

If anybody has any information about this poet, we would appreciate 
knowing about it.


vo sab me.n ham ko baar-e-diigar dekhate rahe
ham un kaa i.ntaKhaab-e-nazar dekhate rahe

[baar-e-digar = second; i.ntaKhaab = to choose]

daaman bachaake ashko.n se vo to nikal gaye
ham der tak zamii.n par guhar dekhate rahe

[guhar = pearl]

ham beniyaaz baiThe huye un kii bazm me.n
auro.n kii ba.ndagii kaa asar dekhate rahe

[beniyaaz = unacknowledged; ba.ndagii = worship]

aa_ii sahar to aur ba.Daa bijaliyo.n kaa zor
shab bhar ham i.ntezaar-e-sahar dekhate rahe

[sahar = dawn; shab = night]

sholo.n kii zad par sabhii the, kis ko pukarate
har simt Khirmano.n me.n sharar dekhate rahe

[zad = ; simt = direction; Khirmano.n = fields; sharar = spark]

kyo.nkar sa.Nbhaalate hame.n vo naaKhudaa jo Khud
saahil kii aafiyat se bha.Nvar dekhate rahe

[naaKhudaa = boatsman; saahil = river-side; aafiyat = security/safety]

ma.nzil kii dhun me.n aabalaa_paa chal kha.De huye
aur shah-savaar gard-e-safar dekhate rahe

[aabalaa_paa = wounded /blistered feet; gard = dust]