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Date: 03-Sep-99
Poet: Bashir Badr

yaad kisii kii chaa.Ndanii ban kar koThe koThe utarii hai
yaad kisii kii dhuup hu_ii hai ziinaa ziinaa utarii hai

raat kii raanii sahan-e-chaman me.n gesuu khole sotii hai
raat-beraat udhar mat jaanaa ik naagin bhii rahatii hai

tum ko kyaa tum Gazale.n kah kar apanii aag bujhaa loge
us ke jii se puuchho jo patthar kii tarah chup rahatii hai

patthar lekar galiyo.n galiyo.n la.Dake puuchhaa karate hai.n
har bastii me.n mujh se aage shoharat merii pahu.Nchatii hai

muddat se ik la.Dakii ke ruKhsaar kii dhuup nahii.n aa_ii
isii liye mere kamare me.n itanii Tha.nDak rahatii hai