Date: Wed, 21 Feb 96 16:58:50 EST
From: Lalit Koul
Subject: Ghazal !!!!

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Tumharay khat mein naya ik salaam kis ka tha,
Na tha rakeeb to aakhir woh naam kis ka tha !

[Whose new greeting was it in your letter,
If it was not a paramour, then whose name was it !]

Raha na dil mein woh be-dard aur dard raha,
Maqeem kaun hua hai maqaam kiska tha !

[That stone-hearted didn't stay in my heart, but that pain stayed,
Whose destination it was, and who has reached that destination !]

Wafa karengay nibayengay baat maanaygay,
Tumhay bhi yaad hai kuch yeh kalaam kiska tha !

[We will be sincere, we will obey, and will agree,
Do you also know who had said these things !]

Guzar gaya woh zamaana kahein to kis say kahein,
Khayaal meray dil ko subah-o-shaam kis ka tha !

[That time has passed, and whom should we tell if we have to tell,
Whose thought my heart had all morning and evening !]

Tumharay khat mein naya ik salaam kis ka tha,
Na tha rakeeb to aakhir woh naam kis ka tha !

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Lalit.