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Date: 29-Apr-99
Poet: Zauq

mai.n vo majanuu.N huu.N jo nikaluu.N ku.nj-e-zi.ndaa.N chho.Dakar
seb-e-jannat tak na khaauu.N sa.ng-e-tiflaa.N chho.Dakar

[ku.nj = corner; zi.ndaa.N = prison; sa.ng-e-tiflaa.N = stones thrown by children]

mai.n huu.N vo gumanaam jab daftar me.n naam aayaa meraa
rah gayaa bas mu.nshii-e-kudarat jagah vaa.N chho.Dakar

ahal-e-jauhar ko vatan me.n rahane detaa gar falak
laal kyuu.N is ra.ng se aataa badaKhshaa.N chho.Dakar

[ahal-e-jauhar = knowledgeable people; falak = sky (here it means fate)]

ghar se bhii vaaqif nahii.n us ke ki jis ke vaaste
baiThe hai.n ghar-baar sab ham Khaanaa-viraa.N chho.Dakar

in dino.n garche dakan me.n hai ba.Dii qadr-e-suKhan
kaun jaaye "Zauq" par dillii kii galiyaa.N chho.Dakar

[qadr-e-suKhan = value poets/poetry]