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Date: 17-May-2000
Poet: Shakeb Jalali


utarii.n ajiib roshaniyaa.N raat Khvaab me.n
kyaa kyaa na aks tair rahe the saraab me.n

[aks = image; tairanaa = to float; saraab = mirage]


kab se hai.n ek harf pe nazare.n jamii.n hu_ii.n
vo pa.Dh rahaa huu.N jo nahii.n likkhaa kitaab me.n

[harf = a letter of the alphabet]


phir tiragii ke Khvaab se chau.Nkaa hai raastaa
phir raushanii-sii dau.D ga_ii hai sahaab me.n

[tiiragii = darkness; sahaab = cloud]


paanii nahii.n ki apane hii chehare ko dekh luu.N
manzar zamii.n ke Dhuu.NDhataa huu.N maahataab me.n

[manzar = scene/view; maahataab = Moon]


kab tak rahegaa ruuh pe pairaahan-e-badan
kab tak havaa asiir rahegii hubaab me.n

[ruuh =soul; pairaahaan-e-badan = dresslike body]
[asiir = imprisoned; hubaab = bubble]


jiine ke saath maut kaa Dar hai lagaa huaa
Khushkii dikhaa_ii dii hai samandar ko Khvaab me.n

[Khushkii = dryness]


ek yaad hai ki chhiin rahii hai labo.n se jaam
ek aks hai ki kaa.Np rahaa hai sharaab me.n


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