#poetrycompilation

Hum dohri aziat k giraftar musafir Paon bhi hein shal or shoq-e-safar bhi nahi jata

And when M. Rafi sang:

Be-noor meri ankhein or door ka safar hai Uthte hein paon lekin gir jaane ka bhi dar hai

And when Manna day sang:

Ghayal mann ka pagal panchi urne ko beqaraar Pankh hein komal, aankh hein dhundhli, jaana hai sagar paar

And when Munir Niazi said:

Ek or dariya ka samna tha 'Munir' mujhko Mein ek dariya k paar utra to mein ne dekha

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Encoded in her eyes

Are every word she’s ever spoken

Every thought she’s ever held

Every feeling she’s ever felt

And when she looks at you

She tells you everything all at once

In the form of a single word

A lone thought

A solitary feeling:

Ankhein khuda ne bakhshi hein rone k waastey

Do kashtian mili hein doobne kay waastey

And When Lata Mangeshkar sang:

Inn aankho mein na ab mujhko kabhi ansu nazar ayen

Sadaa* hansti rahein aankhein sada ye hont muskayen*

And When Waseem Barelvi said:

Wese to ik ansu hi baha kar mujhe le jaye

Aese koi toofan hila bhi nahi sakta

And When Noor bajnuri said:

Dil k sehra mein koi aas* ka jugnoo bhi nahi

Itna roya hun kay aankh mein ansu bhi nahi