ha.ngaamaa-e-Gam se ta.ng aakar izahaar-e-musarrat kar baiThe 
mashahuur thii apanii zi.ndaadilii daanistaa sharaarat kar baiThe

koshish to bahut kii hamane magar paayaa na Gam-e-hastii se mafarr 
viiraanii-e-dil jab had se ba.Dhii ghabaraake muhabbat kar baiThe 

% mafarr: escape, faraar

nazaro.n se na karate purasish-e-Gam Kaamosh hii rahanaa behatar thaa 
diivaano.n ko tumane chhe.D diyaa wallaah qayaamat kar baiThe 

allaah to sabakii sunataa hai daulat hai 'shakiil' apanii-apanii
'haalii' ne zubaa.N se kuch na kahaa 'iqabaal' shikaayat kar baiThe

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% haalii = Maulana Altaf Hussain 'Hali', a student of the great Ghalib
%               and the author of the famous poem "musaddas-e-madd-o-jazr-e
%               islaam, also known as the musaddas-e-haali, an elegy on Islam
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% iqbaal = Sir Mohammad Iqbal, who wrote 'saare jahaa.N se achchhaa',
%              and achieved much notoriety for his poem 'shikwa', which is
%              referred to here.  'shikwa' is fashioned as a sort of a complaint
%              against God about the sorry state of "His" people, the Muslims 
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