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kal gaye the tum jise biimaar-e-hijaraa.N chho.D kar


kal gaye the tum jise biimaar-e-hijaraa.N chho.D kar 
chal basaa vo aaj sab hastii kaa saamaa.N chho.D kar 

[biimaar-e-hijaraa.N=someone suffering from the pangs of separation] 

tifl-e-ashk aisaa giraa daaman-e-mizshagaa.N chho.D kar 
phir na uTThaa kuuchaa-e-chaak-e-garebaa.N chho.D kar 

[tifl-e-ashk=child-like tears; mizshagaa.N=eyelid]
[kuuchhaa=street; chaak=torn; garebaa.N=clothes/dress] 

sard-meharii se kisii kii aag se dil sard hai
yaa.N se haT jaa dhuup ai abr-e-bahaaraa.N chho.D kar 

[sard-meharii=sadness; abr-e-bahaaraa.N=clouds of spring] 

gar Khudaa deve qana'at maah-e-yak-haftaa kii tarah
dau.De saarii ko kabhii aadhii na i.nsaa.N chho.D kar 

[qana'at=satisfaction]
[maah-e-yak-haftaa=moon of the 8th night 
during the bright half of a lunar month]

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