dostii jab kisii se kii jaaye

Before calling someone your friend,
Also do consult your foes.

Winds are filled with death's poison,
Now where can one go to breathe.

In this thought, Am drown
How do I cross this river.

Wounds of yore are almost dry
Lets do some mistake today.

Been drinking wine bottles full
Lets drink, today, to heart-ful
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dostii jab kisii se kii jaaye
dushmano kii bhii raaye lii jaaye

maut kaa zahar hai fizaao.n me.n
ab kahaa.N jaa ke saa.Ns lii jaaye

bas isii soch me.n huu.N Duubaa huaa
ye nadii kaise paar kii jaaye

mere maazii ke zaKhm bharane lage
aaj phir koii bhuul kii jaaye

botale.n khol ke to pii baraso.n
aaj dil khol ke bhii pii jaaye

-- Rahat Indori

When darkness tears/ Please knock not

When darkness tears
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Let me fall
In the dark
With eyes closed
And wings and All.

Let me kiss
This sun once
Light so sweet
And lips left burns.

Go look for
A street called joy
When darkness tears
And moon still coy.

-- Toufeeq/SaHiLL

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Please knock not
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At the end of desert
When you reach
Sahill's tavern
Please knock not
And ask for a drink.

But sit by his door
Until moon goes down
And moorish winds
blush you cold.

Please knock not
And ask for a drink
But saddle your horse
And leave for East.

When you reach
A fork of the road
And there, commoners speak
A language unknown
Take Sahill's name,
But not in vain.

Let them guide you
To a place you have known
In your morning dreams
And in evening thoughts

Please knock not
But softly call
Your lover's name
And wait by the door
Until moon goes down.

-- Toufeeq/SaHiLL