Kabhi kitabon mein phool rakhna
Kabhi darakhton pey naam likhna
Humain bhi hai yaad aaj tak woh
Nazar sey harf-e-salaam likhna
Woh chand chehrey, woh behki baatein
Sulagtey din they, mehekti raatein
Woh chotay chotay sey kaaghazon per.Mohabbaton key payaam likhna
Kabhi kitabon mein phool rakhna
Kabhi darakhton pey naam likhna
Gulaab chehron sey dil lagana
Woh chupkey chupkey nazar milana
Woh aarzuon key khwaab bunna
Woh qissa-e-natamaam likhna
Kabhi kitabon mein phool rakhna
Kabhi darakhton pey naam likhna
Mere nagar ki haseen fizaon
Kaheen jo unka nishaan pao To poochna key kahan basey ho
Kahan hai unka qayam likhna
Kabhi kitabon mein phool rakhna
Kabhi darakhton pey naam likhna
Humain bhi hai yaad aaj tak woh
Nazar sey harf-e-salaam likhna
Singer: Madam Noor Jehan; Lyricist: Unknown
Contributed by Shahid Sahib at MANO7...@aol.com;
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Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth, by calling imagination
to the help of reason.
......Dr. Johnson in the "Life of Milton"
****Puneet Kapur;Greensboro, NC USA; pka...@greensboro.com****
This has also been sung by Ghulam Ali. The poet is Hasan Rizvi. The Ghulam Ali
version can be found in the album "Poem of Love".
Nita
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