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vafaa kii daastaaN chheRii kabhii tumne, kabhii hamne
ba-tarz-e-dilbarii tumne, ba-rang-e-aashiquii hamne

(vafaa : loyalty; daastaaN : story; ba-tarz-e-dilbarii : in a captivating style; ba-rang-e-aashiquii : in the color of love)

nigaar-e-shauq se baKhshii jinheN taabandagii hamne
tasavvur meN unhiiN jalvoN se maaNgii raushnii hamne

(nigaar : adornment; shauq : desire; taabandagii : brightness; tasavvur : imagination; raushnii : light)

vohii jalve, vohii aaNkheN, magar kyaa ho gayaa dil ko
na jaane kyuuN badal Daalaa mazaaq(?)-e-zindagii hamne

(jalve : splendours)

yahii viiraan aaNkheN haiN, yahii sunsaan raaheN haiN
yahiiN aksar jalaaye haiN chiraaGh-e-zindagii hamne

(viraan : lonely; sunsaan : silent; chiraaGh-e-zindagii : lamps of the life)

judaa’ii kaa samaa hai aaj tak apnii nigaahoN meN
na ko’ii baat kii tumne, na ko’ii baat kii hamne

(judaa’ii : separation; samaa : environment)

kisii ke jalvaa haaye nau-ba-nau jab yaad aaye haiN
to ashkoN se bujhayii hai nazroN kii tashnagii hamne

(nau-ba-nau : ?; ashk : tears; nazar : eyes; tashnagii : thirst)

vo kuch kahne ko the ham paa gaye, vo muskuraa uThThe
ko’ii to baat thii jo munh se chhiin lii hamne

(munh : mouth; chhiin : snatch)

hameN maaluum hai majbuuriyoN kii intihaa kyaa hai
ke dekhii hai nigaah-e-husn kii bechaargii hamne

(majbuurii : helplessness; intihaa : extreme; nigaah : eyes; husn : beauty; bechaargii : desperateness)

bas ek zauq-e-nazar par naaz thaa vo bhii nahiiN baaqii
“Hafeez” unke taGhaaful ko ye daulat saunp dii hamne

(zauq : taste; nazar : sight; naaz : pride; baaqii : left; taGhaaful : neglect; saunp : gave away)

Hafeez Hoshiarpuri

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