Mehfil-e-Gazal #99

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Date: 30-Dec-98
Poet: Parveen Shakir

puuraa dukh aur aadhaa chaa.Nd
hijr kii shab aur aisaa chaa.Nd

[hijr = separation; shab = night]

itane ghane baadal ke piichhe
kitanaa tanhaa hogaa chaa.Nd

[tanhaa = lonely]

merii karavaT par jaag uThe
nii.nd kaa kitanaa kachchaa chaa.Nd

seharaa seharaa bhaTak rahaa hai
apane ishq me.n sachchaa chaa.Nd

[seharaa = desert]

raat ke shaayad ek baje hai.n
sotaa hogaa meraa chaa.Nd




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