Mehfil-e-Gazal #308

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Date: 01-Nov-99
Poet: Tabish Dehlvi

beqaraarii sii beqaraarii hai
din bhii bhaarii hai raat bhaarii hai

zi.ndagii kii bisaat par aksar
jiitii baazii bhii ham ne haarii hai

[bisaat = game-board]

to.Do dil meraa shauq se to.Do
chiiz merii nahii.n tumhaarii hai

baar-e-hastii uThaa sakaa na ko_ii
ye Gam-e-dil jahaa.N se bhaarii hai

[baar = weight]

aa.Nkh se chhup ke dil me.n baiThe ho
haa_e kaisii ye pardaa-daarii hai




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