Ab ye aasman bhi ro pada hai tere jaane par,
Apni to kya hi baat karu.

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Logon se kam hi baat karo,
To acchi baat hoti hai. — % &

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There's a difference between listening to reply and listening to understand.
People nowadays listen only to reply and conversations come easy with the people who understand.

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Ye din aaj bhi hai, kal bhi hai.
Ye din maano ab har din hai.
Suraj dhalta hi nahi,
Aur intezaar me raat guzar jati hai.

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Tumse jitna dur bhagu utna pas khinch rahe ho,
Jitna na sochu utna yad aa rahe ho,
Tumhari bekhyaali se lekar mera har khyal bante ja rhe ho,
Aakhir kyu itne khaas hote ja rhe ho?

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Na jaane kitni hi baar tumse dur jana padega,
Tumse hamesha ke liye dur jane ke liye.

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Na usne kuch kaha,
Na maine kuch suna,
Fir bhi dil me shor kaafi hai.
Meri aankhen bayaan karti hain hal-e-dil mera,
Kya ab bhi intezaar-e-bayaan baki hai?

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....and on silent nights like these, I reread your old letters again.
Only to laugh at myself for one more time.

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Because I have forgotten what warmth feels like and coldness has resided in me since, what feels like, forever.

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You know, I recorded your sleepy voice once when we were on call;
not realizing that it was the last time we were talking like that.
Because the next day, you were gone. Just gone.
I could still see you everyday but it wasn't the same anymore.
And I wish.
I just wish I had recorded it for a little while longer.

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