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Date: 10-Feb-2000
Poet: Meer Taqi Meer

a.ndoh se hu_ii na rihaa_ii tamaam shab
mujh dil-jale ko nii.nd na aa_ii tamaam shab

[a.ndoh = prison; tamaam shab = whole night]

chamak chalii ga_ii thii sitaaro.n kii subah tak
kii aasmaa.N se diidaa-baraa_ii tamaam shab

jab mai.n ne shuruu qissaa kiyaa aa.Nkhe.n khol dii.n
yaqiinii thii mujh ko chashm-numaa_ii tamaam shab

[yaqiinii = indisputable/true]

vaqt-e-siyaah ne der me.n kal yaavarii sii kii
thii dushmano.n se in kii la.Daa_ii tamaam shab

[siyaah = dark; yaavarii = assistance/help]

taare se terii palako.n pe qatre the ashk ke
de rahe hai.n "Meer" dikhaa_ii tamaam shab


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