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Date: 08-Oct-99
Poet: Syed Wasi Shah

dayaar-e-Gair me.n kaise tujhe sadaa dete
tuu mil bhii jaataa to tujhe ga.Nvaa dete

[dayaar-e-Gair = alien/unknown place; ga.Nvaa denaa = to lose]

tumhii.n ne ham ko sunaayaa na apanaa dukh varanaa
duaa vo karate ke ham aasamaan hilaa dete 
 
hame.n ye zom rahaa ab ke vo pukaare.nge
u.nhe.n ye zid thii ke har baar ham sadaa dete

[zom = illusion]

vo teraa Gam thaa ke taasiir mere lahaje kii
ke jis ko haal sunaate use rulaa dete

[taasiir = effect; lahajaa = style]

tumhe.n bhulaanaa hii avval to dastaaras me.n nahii.n
jo iKhtiyaar bhii hotaa to kyaa bhulaa dete

[avval = firstly; dastaaras = within reach; iKhtiyaar = control]

tumhaarii yaad ne ko_ii javaab hii na diyaa
mere Khayaal ke aa.Nsuu rahe sadaa dete

sama'to.n ko mai.n taa-umr kosataa "Syed"
vo kuchh na kahate magar ho.nTh to hilaa dete

[sama'to.n = hearing power; taa-umr = life long; kosanaa = blame]