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Date: 23-Nov-99
Poet: Hafeez Jaunpuri

Hafeez Jaunpuri's real name was Haafiz Muhammed Ali. He 
was born in 1865 in Jaunpur. He acknowledged Ameer 
Minai as his 'ustaad'. He passed away in 1912.


baiTh jaataa huu.N jahaa.N chaa.Nv ghanii hotii hai
haaye kyaa chiiz Gariib-ul-vatanii hotii hai

[chaa.Nv = shade; Gariib-ul-vatanii = exile]

din ko ik nuur barasataa hai merii turbat par
raat ko chaadar-e-mahataab tanii hotii hai

[nuur = light; turbat = tomb; chaadar-e-mahataab = sheet of moon(light)]

luT gayaa vo tere kuuche me.n rakhaa jis ne qadam
is tarah kii bhii kahii.n raahazanii hotii hai

[raahazanii = highway robbery]

hijr me.n zahar hai saaGar kaa lagaanaa muu.Nh se
may kii jo buu.Nd hai hiiro.n kii kanii hotii hai

[hijr = separation; saaGar = wine goblet; may = wine]

maikasho.n ko na kabhii fikr-e-kam-o-besh hu_ii
aise logo.n kii tabiiyat bhii Ganii hotii hai

fikr-e-kam-o-besh = worry about more or less; Ganii = generous]

huuk uThatii hai agar zabt-e-fuGaa.N karataa huu.N
saa.Ns rukatii hai to barchhii kii anii hotii hai

[zabt = restraint; fuGaa.N = cry of pain; barchhii = spear; anii = tip/point]

pii lo do ghuu.NT ki saaqii kii rahe baat "Hafeez"
saaf i.nkaar me.n Khaatir-shikanii hotii hai

[Khaatir-shikanii = insult of (someone's) hospitality]