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Ik haseen gaaon Habib Jalib

Ik haseen gaaon tha kinaar-e-aab…

Kitna dildaar tha, dayaar-e-aab / Kya ajab, beniaaz basti thay…

Muflisi mein bhi aik masti thay… / Kitne dildaar thay hamaaray dost…

Woh bechaaray, woh besahaaray dost

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A beautiful village by the banks of the river… / How dear was that watery realm.

What wondrous, carefree lives they led / In poverty too a playfulness.

How dear were our friends, / Our hapless, unmoored friends.

Habib Jalib (born in Hoshiarpur) died on 13 March 1993 at the age of 64

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