Hai duwa yad magar harf-e duwa yad nahin
Meray naghmat ko andaz-e nawa yad nahin
Maine palkon se dar-e yar par dastak di hai
Main wo sa’ail hoon jisay koi duwa yad nahin
Ham ne jin ke liyay rahon main bichaya tha laho
Ham se kahtay hain wohi ahd-e wafa yad nahin
Kaisay bhar ayin sar-e sham kisi ki ankhain
Kaisay tartarhai chiraghon ki zia yad nahin
Sirf dhudhlaye sitaron ki chamak dekhi hai
Kab howa, kon howa mujh se khafa yad nahin
Zindagi jabr-e musalsil ki tarah kati hai
Janay kis jurm ki paye hai saza yad nahin
Aao ek sajda karain alam-e madhoshi main
Log kehtay hain saghir ko Khuda yad nahin
By: Saghir Siddiqui
“Don’t be shallow by saying: if people do good, we will do good; and if they do wrong, we will do wrong; but accustom yourselves to do good if the people do good, and not to do wrong if they do wrong.”
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phiRa aj haq kaliye jaa’N fida karay koi
wafa bhi jhooM uthay yo wafa karay koi
nimaaZ 14 sadi se hai muntaziR logo|
HussaiN ke tarha aye ada karay koi
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~~Experience is the worst teacher; it gives the test before presenting the lesson.~~*