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Date: 17-May-99
Poet: Salaam Machhli Shehri

subah-dam yuu.N hii fasurdaa ho gayaa
ai dil-e-naazuk tujhe kyaa ho gayaa

[fasurdaa = sad]

siinaa-e-baranat se sholaa saa uThaa
Gam-zado.n ke dil kaa naGmaa ho gayaa

[baranat = a musical instrument]

shukriyaa ai gardish-e-jaam-e-sharaab
mai.n bharii mahafil me.n tanhaa ho gayaa

[gardish-e-jaam-e-sharaab = round of drinks]

raat dil ko thaa sahar kaa i.ntazaar
ab ye Gam hai kyo.n saveraa ho gayaa

[sahar = dawn]

bujh ga_ii kuchh is tarah shama-e-"Salaam"
jaise ik biimaar achchhaa ho gayaa