raaz-e-nihaan zabaan-e-aghyaar tak na pahunchaa — Momin Khan Momin

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tu kahaan jaaegi kuchh apnaa Thikaana kar le
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ki har har baat mein naaseh tumhaaraa naam letaa thaa

tum hamaare kisi tarah na hue
varna duniyaa mein kyaa nahin hotaa

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dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

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dil ki ghani basti mein yaaro aan base hain chor bahut

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