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1.

kam-jamaal logoN ko ye daur apnaane se rahaa
yeh aadat ahl-e-dahar ko ik zamaane se rahaa

(kam-jamaal=not handsome, daur=era, aadat=habit, ahl-e-dahar=people of the times, zamaane=ages)

2.

jahaaN meN beshtar waaldain kuCHCH yuN nikle
ke bad-soorat aulaad to pyaar paane se rahaa

(beshtar=majority, waaldain=plural of 'waalid' i.e. parents, bad-soorat=not handsome, aulaad=issue)

3.

shaayar bhee mulawwij yahaaN baraabar ke
suKHan maah-chehroN se baaz aane se rahaa

(mulawwij=involved, implicated, baraabar=equally, suKHan=writing/speech, maah-chehroN=moonlike faces)

4.

kaalee-CHamDee waaloN pe baad aaeeN-e-nau ke
zulm kam huaa aur zaalim THikaane se rahaa

(aaeeN-e-nau=new Constitution, kaalee-CHamDee=black-skinned, zulm=atrocity, zaalim=villian, THikaane=places)

5.

apne log 'shaahid' CHamDee deKHte aur-to-aur
ism-e-aaKHir pooCHte jo maiN bataane se rahaa

(aur-to-aur=in addition, ism-e-aaKHir=surname)