Main is scene k ilaava
kis aur scene ko chaahooN ga,
k ek sadhaaran raat ko baitha hua hoon main
rasooee k table pe aur deevaar par lagay kagaz par
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ai mohabbat tire anjām pe ronā aayā
jaane kyuuñ aaj tire naam pe ronā aayā
-SHAKEEL BADAYUNI
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apne markaz kī taraf mā.il-e-parvāz thā husn
bhūltā hī nahīñ aalam tirī añgḌā.ī kā
-AZIZ LAKHNAVI
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aaj raat ko
meri chiDiaN
parvaah na karaiN gi barf ki
aur uD jaati hain laal phooloN se bhray khetoN ko.
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"Kya phool main
asal main khoobsoorti hoti hai?
Kya phal main hoti hai?
Nahin: un main keval rung aur roop
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Making nests again and again
Callings of love again and again
Pains of destruction cannot subdue
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umr-e-darāz maañg ke laa.ī thī chaar din
do aarzū meñ kaT ga.e do intizār meñ
-SEEMAB AKBARABADI
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Us shaher main jahan ek hi ghoDa hai
jahan hamesha shaam hoti hai
ghantiaN bagti rehti hain
aur shraab khanoN ki purani ghaDian
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ham to tamām umr tirī hī adā rahe
ye kyā huā ki phir bhī hamīñ bevafā rahe
JAMEEL MALIK
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Spring Snow
Han Yu
Translated from the Chinese by Jonathan Stalling
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