For lovers

(Minus moderns and Urdu only :)


Hasil jo huay dard-e-mohabbat k lazaiez
Mein bhool gaya 'aish-o-'ishrat k lazaiez

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Parday nazar pay kasrat-e-khobi k par gaye
Chaha magar na dekh sakay hum Jamal-e-doost

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(I recited following two verses to my friends on campus one cold morning and they said, "You've made our morning so fresh and delightful... we can't express.")

Har lehza hai tasawwur ay rashk-e-Hoor tera
Ankhoon mein noor tera dil mein saroor tera

Mehfil mein un say ki hoon gustakhian kisi nay

Par wo yehi kahain gay "sab hai kasoor tera"

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Na teray husan ki husn ki misaal mili

Na meray shouq ka jawab hua

Khuhaish-e-deed kamyaab hui

Chera-e-Yar bay-niqaab hua

Ab na wo Tum rahay na Hum Afsoos

Kia zamanay ka inqilaab hua

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Tark-e-jurm-e-'aashqi mumkin nahi
Phir isi ka hum say ho ga irtiqaab 

(Means, umer can't be stopped from going to khanqah once again this week...)

- By Hasrat Mohanni, 'ashiq who did hajj on foot from India...