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Date: 02-Nov-99
Poet: Daya Shanker 'Naseem'

firaaq-e-diidaa huu.N mai.n vasl-e-yaar baaqii hai
Khizaa.N rasiidaa chaman kii bahaar baaqii hai

[firaaq-e-diidaa = deprived of sight; vasl-e-yaar = meeting with beloved]
[Khizaa.N rasiidaa = autumn struck]

havaa to kahatii hai saaqamade bahaar-e-chaman
sadaa-e-gu.nchaa-e-vahadat hazaar baaqii hai

[sadaa-e-gu.nchaa = call of buds; vahadat = uniqueness]

buto.n ke qahar se ham ko maqaam-e-yaas nahii.n
ummiid-e-rahamat-e-paravar-digaar baaqii hai

[maqaam-e-yaas = limit of despair]
[ummiid-e-rahamat-e-paravar-digaar = hope for the blessing of God]