mazHur Butt

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Dono hathoan mein thaamay betha hoon
apna sar ke he dard se bhaari
Kia karoon sar jo apna na phoroon
ishq ne poori mat he maari
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What sort of a mother am I
Who cannot even count
the innumerable bullet wounds
spread all over the delicate body
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Black or White
Short and Stout
Tall and Slim
Happy or Grim
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Look at the stars
they glitter like tiny gems
but are they really tiny? ?
If someone believes that
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To write a poem in three minutes
Seems to me like micro wave cooking
Mind blank with no theme in mind
walking in the dark like an eyed blind
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Just imagine how it would have been
If bananas were not as soft as they are
Just imagine what people would do with them
If the bananas were not soft as they are
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دور سے آتی ہے یہ پکار
رشتے ناطے سب بیکار

مصلحت کی یاری ہے
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وکیل نامہ
اک مسخرے وکیل کی جب دال نہ گلی
سپریم کورٹ میں کوئ بھی بات نہ چلی
کھسیانی بلی کی طرح کھمبا تھا نوچتا
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Ghut Ghut Thunn se peeta he
Mera bhai phir bhi rota he
Nashukray ko kia naam mein doon?
Ye banda he ya khota he!
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Sanity commands that
while living in a river
one must not make enemy
with the crocodiles
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Zindagi kia he? Baqa kee jang Jeene kee umang
Maut kia he? Baag e hasti per Fana hone ka rang!

Hum jo jeete hein kab apni marzi se jeete hein yaa'n
Hum jo marte hein tu kab mar jayain kasie aur kahaan?
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Be not a moth-ridden bookworm, boy
Move out and with Nature toy
There is more than the words you read
For the sake of your life, fresh air you need
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aisay falak ko dekh reha he
jaisay uss mein koi chupa he
apnay dil mein jhaank ke dekh
shehrag se nazdeek khuda he!
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Mein mahatama tu nahi magar
Mein bhi sochta hoon kabhi kabhi
Jisse dekho ghum mein he mubtala
Khushi dekhta hoon kabhi kabhi
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Jo Mila Kha Liya Jo Mila Pea Liya
Sabr se Shukr se Chaar Din Jee Liya

Yoon To Karne Ko Thee Aik Se Aik Baat
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wish you all a very happy New Year 2013.
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Option

don't be so cruel....
don't wish her hell
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When the apple dropped over his head
Newton immediately came to know
‘What’ had hit his head,
‘When’ it had hit his head,
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Fear of men and fear of God
Play their roles in every day life
One's based on suspicion and doubt
the other hinged on Faith so rife
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