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A ghazal by Malikzada Manzoor:

dard jab terii ataa hai to gilaa kis se kare.n
hijr jab tuune diyaa hai to gilaa kis se kare.n

[ataa = gift; gilaa = complaint; hijr = separation]

aqs bikharaa hai teraa TuuT ke aa_iine me.n
ho gayii nam nazar aqs liyaa kis se kare.n

[aqs = image; nam = wet]

mai.n safar me.n huu.N mere saath judaa_ii terii
ham-safar  Gam hai to phir teraa pataa kis se kare.n

khil uThe gul yaa khile dast-e-hinaa_ii tere
har taraf tuu hai to phir teraa pataa kis se kare.n

[dast-e-hinaa_ii = Mehandi covered hands]

tere lab, terii nigaahe.n tere aariz terii zulf
itane zi.ndaa.N hai.n to is dil ko rihaa kis ke kare.n

[aariz = cheek; zi.ndaa.N = prison; rihaa = to free]

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We received a few queries regarding the alt.language.urdu.poetry 
(ALUP) newsgroup, and how to access it. We thought it might be 
useful to others, so we are including the information here. 

Usenet is the discussion forum on the Net. To access the any of the 
discussion group, you would require the services of a newsgroup (NG)
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setup as part of their messaging (e-mail) system. However, the most 
convenient way to access the NGs is to use a Net-based NG-browsing 
service. The most well-known of these are DejaNews, Zippo, and to 
some extent Reference. There are a score of others, no doubt, but 
these the most well-known ones. Zippo allows free access to some of 
the newsgroups but usually the 'alt' NGs are only available to those 
who are registered Zipor users. In other words, you cannot access 
ALUP for free through Zippo. This information is a little outdated 
but I don't think anything's changed since I last checked. Reference 
is a free service but I am not too fond of its user interface and it 
takes forever to get the latest posts. Zippo was quite good at that.

The best NG browsing service, and the one I use myself is DejaNews. 
Its free. You can create your own profile, and pre-select the 
newsgroups you want to browse on a regular basis. They provide you 
with an e-mail address, which you can use to post on the NGs, which 
is very convenient. The best part of DejaNews is that they have a 
phenomenal search engine (for NG articles), and their archive is mind 
boggling. 

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Keyword NEWSGROUPS for more information. If you are on AOL 4.0, 
select the Internet drop down toolbar button, and select Newsgroups. 
TA DA!!! :-)

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