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Date: 3-Jun-99
Poet: 'Baqi' Siddiqui

aa_ii na phir nazar kahii.n jaane kidhar ga_ii
un tak to saath gardish-e-shaam-o-sahar ga_ii

[gardish-e-shaam-o-sahar = passage of time]

kuchh itanaa besabaat thaa har jalvaa-e-hayaat
lauT aa_ii zaKhm khaa ke jidhar bhii nazar ga_ii

[besabaat = momentary]

aa dekh mujh se ruuThane vaale tere baGair
din bhii guzar gayaa merii shab bhii guzar ga_ii

naadim hai apane apane qariino.n pe har nazar
duniyaa lahuu uchchhaal ke kitanii nikhar ga_ii