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Ghalib, Faiz, Mir, Rumi, Kabir — thousands of voices, millions of verses

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main aainon ko dekhe jaa rahaa thaa
ab in se baat bhi karne lagaa huun
Ammar Iqbal
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vatan ke log sataate the jab vatan mein the
vatan ki yaad sataati hai jab vatan mein nahin
Anjum Manpuri
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tumhein fursat ho duniyaa se to ham se aa ke milnaa
hamaare paas fursat ke sivaa kyaa rah gayaa hai
Irfan Sattar
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hamaare aib ne be-aib kar diyaa ham ko
yahi hunar hai ki koi hunar nahin aataa
Mirza Raza Barq
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hai ajab nizaam zakaat kaa mire mulk mein mire des mein
ise kaaTtaa koi aur hai ise baanTtaa koi aur hai
Zia
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ye saal tul-e-masaafat se chuur chuur gayaa
ye ek saal to guzraa hai ik sadi ki tarah
Asrar Zaidi
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ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad
Muzaffar Abdali
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marte rahnaa miraa har roz yuun thoDaa thoDaa
qatl hai jis ko main saabit nahin kar paaungaa
Shoaib Kiani
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haar hi jiit hai aain-e-vafaa ki ru se
ye vo baazi hai jahaan jiit ke haare saare
I
Imran
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aql kahti hai dobaara aazmaanaa jahl hai
dil ye kahtaa hai fareb-e-dost khaate jaaiye
Mahirul Qadri
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khairaat mein de aayaa huun jiiti hui baazi
duniyaa ye samajhti hai ki main haar gayaa huun
Ishaq Virdag
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jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai
Mir Taqi Mir
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kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log
Malikzada Javed
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hansi un ke labon tak aa gai hai
mukammal ho gayaa ronaa hamaaraa
Aslam Rashid
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main tujh se saath bhi to umar bhar kaa chaahtaa thaa
so ab tujh se gilaa bhi umar bhar kaa ho gayaa hai
Irfan Sattar
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tumhaaraa zikr jab se aa gayaa hai
maza aane lagaa hai guftugu mein
Saleem Amrohvi
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apne lahu mein zahr bhi khud gholtaa huun main
soz-e-darun kisi pe nahin kholtaa huun main
I
Imran
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kaisaa firaaq kaisi judaai kahaan kaa hijr
vo jaaegaa agar to khayaalon mein aaegaa
Anjum Khaleeq
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dekh ai meri zabun-haali pe hansne vaale
vaqt ki dhuup ne kis darja nikhaaraa mujh ko
Arshad Jamal Sarim
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aaina khud bhi sanvartaa thaa hamaari khaatir
ham tire vaaste tayyaar huaa karte the
Saleem Kausar
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