kitne muflis ho gae kitne tawangar ho gae
KHak mein jab mil gae donon barabar ho gae

however many paupers passed, and wealthy went and came
when they were consigned to dust they were all the same

Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq

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KHat baDha kakul baDhe zulfen baDhin gesu baDhe
husn ki sarkar mein jitne baDhe hindu baDhe

Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq

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kal jahan se ki uTha lae the ahbab mujhe
le chala aaj wahin phir dil-e-be-tab mujhe

the place from where my friends had picked me yesterday
my restless heart takes me again to that place today

Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq

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jo kahoge tum kahenge hum bhi han yun hi sahi
aap ki gar yun KHushi hai mehrban yun hi sahi

Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq

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in dinon garche dakan mein hai baDi qadr-e-suKHan
kaun jae 'zauq' par dilli ki galiyan chhoD ka

Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq

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ho umr-e-KHizr bhi to ho malum waqt-e-marg
hum kya rahe yahan abhi aae abhi chale

Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq

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haq ne tujh ko ek zaban di aur diye hain kan do
is ke ye mani kahe ek aur sune insan do

the lord did on our face one mouth and two ears array
for to listen twich as much as we are wont to say

Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq

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aadamiyyat aur shai hai ilm hai kuchh aur shai
kitna tote ko paDhaya par wo haiwan hi raha

Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq

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hum rone pe aa jaen to dariya hi baha den
shabnam ki tarah se hamein rona nahin aata

Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq

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