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Date: 09-May-2000
Poet: Unknown


Though the maqta gives the name of the poet as "Iqbal",
I am not sure whether the poet is Sir Mohammed Iqbal or 
some other poet who uses the same taKhallus. Does 
someone know who the poet is for sure?


dil kii siyaahiyo.n me.n tujhe Dhuu.NDhataa huaa
palako.n pe aa rukaa hai sitaaro.n kaa qaafilaa

[siyaahiyo.n = darkness; qaafilaa = caravan]


Khalvat me.n muddato.n mai.n jise puujataa rahaa
dekhaa qariib se to vo ik sang-e-surKh thaa

[Khalvat = solitude; qariib se dekhanaa = to look closely]
[sang-e-surKh = red stone]


kuchh is tarah sabaa se kahii terii daastaa.N
har phuul muskuraa ke mujhe dekhane lagaa

[sabaa = gentle cool breeze; daastaa.N = story]


laao kahii.n se Dhuu.NDhake yaado.n kii roshanii
taariik ho gayaa hai muhabbat kaa raastaa

[taariik = dark]


haa.N merii zi.ndagii kii haraarat inhii.n se hai
TuuTegaa kis tarah terii yaado.n kaa silasilaa

[haraarat = warmth; silasilaa = sequence/chain]


jaise ko_ii chiraaG andhere me.n jal uThe
dil ke qariib aake ko_ii yuu.N Thahar gayaa

[qariib = near]


daaman me.n aa.Nsuuo.n ke sharaare liye huye
aa.Nkhe.n manaa rahii hai.n shab-e-Gam kaa rat_jagaa

[sharaare = sparks; shab = night; Gam = sorrow]
[rat_jagaa = occasion where one stays awake the whole night]


jis ne ba.De Khuluus se Thukaraa diyaa mujhe
"Iqbal" sochataa huu.N ki vo shaKhs kaun thaa

[Khuluus se = sweetly; shaKhs = person]


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