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Date: 18-Mar-99
Poet: Shamim Shahabadi

A gem from the Jagjit-Chitra Rare Gems album. This is a must-buy for any 
Jagjit-Chitra fan. I have mentioned this album before in Mehfil-e-Gazal. 
There are 18 Gazals compiled from their earliest recordings which came 
out on EPs/LPs in the 60s and 70s. It is interesting to see the 
transition in Jagjit Singh's voice from the mid-60s to the voice we know 
so well now. 


aa.Nkh ko jaam samajh baiThaa thaa a.njaane me.n
saaqiyaa hosh kahaa.N thaa tere diivaane me.n

jaane kis baat kii un ko hai shikaayat mujhase
naam tak jin kaa nahii.n hai mere afasaane me.n

dil ke Tuka.Do.n se terii yaad kii Khushbuu na ga_ii
buu-e-may baaqi hai TuuTe huye paimaane me.n
**By far the best sher of the Gazal**

dil-e-barbaad me.n ummiid kaa aalam kyaa hai
Tim-Timaatii hu_ii ik shammaa hai viiraane me.n