hum aisi kul kitaben qabil-e-zabti samajhte hain
ki jin ko paDh ke laDke bap ko KHabti samajhte hain

we do deem all those books fit for confiscation
that sons read and think their fathe

Akbar Allahabadi

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hum aah bhi karte hain to ho jate hain badnam
wo qatl bhi karte hain to charcha nahin hota

I do suffer slander, when I merely sigh
she gets away with murder, no mention of it nigh

Akbar Allahabadi

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hangama hai kyun barpa thoDi si jo pi li hai
Daka to nahin mara chori to nahin ki hai

barely have I sipped a bit, why should this uproar be
It's not that I've commited theft or daylight robbery

Akbar Allahabadi

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ghazab hai wo ziddi baDe ho gae
main leTa to uTh ke khaDe ho gae

Akbar Allahabadi

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ghamza nahin hota ki ishaara nahin hota
aankh un se jo milti hai to kya kya nahin hota

Akbar Allahabadi

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gham-KHan-e-jahan mein waqat hi kya hamari
ek na-shunida uf hain ek aah-e-be-asar hain

Akbar Allahabadi

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falsafi ko bahs ke andar KHuda milta nahin
Dor ko suljha raha hai aur sira milta nahin

Akbar Allahabadi

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ek kafir par tabiat aa gai
parsai par bhi aafat aa gai

Akbar Allahabadi

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duniya mein hun duniya ka talabgar nahin hun
bazar se guzra hun KHaridar nahin hun

I live in this world tho for life I do not vie
I pass through the market but I do not wish to buy

Akbar Allahabadi

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