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tu mire hote dukhi hai mere sha.ir kis liye
saans lene par mujhe majbur karta hai ye kaun
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sochta huun kyuun bikhar jaati nahin har ek shai
vo nahin hai to murattab hain anasir kis liye
vo jo us ke dil men hai kyuun us ke honTon par nahin
kuchh nahin tu mujh se milta hai ba-zahir kis liye
kis ne har shai ko kiya vahm-o-guman men mubtala
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kaun dekhega hamari ḳhun-amezi yahan
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aa raha hai mere pichhe vaqt-e-shatir kis liye
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