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Date: 19-Dec-99
Poet: Seemab Akbarabadi

jannat jo mile laake maiKhaane me.n rakh denaa
qausar mere chhoTe se paimaane me.n rakh denaa

[qausar = river in heaven]

mayyat na merii jaa ke viiraane me.n rakh denaa 
paimaano.n me.n dafnaa ke maiKhaane me.n rakh denaa

vo jis se samajh jaaye.n rudaad mere Gam kii
aisaa bhii ko_ii Tukaraa afsaane me.n rakh denaa

[rudaad = story; afsaanaa = tale]

sajdo.n pe naa denaa mujh ko arbaab-e-haram taane
kaabe kaa ko_ii patthar but-Khaane me.n rakh denaa

[arbaab = friends; taane = sarcastic remarks]

"Seemab" ye qudrat kaa adanaa saa karishmaa hai
Khaamosh sii ik bijalii paravaane me.n rakh denaa

[adanaa = small; karishmaa = miracle]