siyah raat nahin leti nam Dhalne ka
yahi to waqt hai suraj tere nikalne ka

Shahryar

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kapDe safed dho ke jo pahne to kya hua
dhona wahi jo dil ki siyahi ko dhoiye

Shaikh Zahuruddin Hatim

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kisu mashrab mein aur mazhab mein
zulm ai mehrban nahin hai durust

Shaikh Zahuruddin Hatim

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chahiye KHud pe yaqin-e-kaamil
hausla kis ka baDhata hai koi

Shakeel Badayuni

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ai 'zauq' takalluf mein hai taklif sarasar
aaram mein hai wo jo takalluf nahin karta

save trouble, in formality, zauq nothing else can be
at ease he then remains he who, eschews formality

Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq

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tamiz-e-KHwab-o-haqiqat hai shart-e-bedari
KHayal-e-azmat-e-mazi ko chhoD haal ko dekh

Sikandar Ali Wajd

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kisi ko be-sabab shohrat nahin milti hai ai 'wahid'
unhin ke nam hain duniya mein jin ke kaam achchhe hain

Wahid Premi

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