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O well. Might as well turn this into a mushaira...please start.

Muhabbat ke liye kuchh khaas dil makhsoos hote hein
Ye woh naghma hai jo har saaz pe gaya nahein jata

For love some special hearts are chosen
This is one melody that doesn't suit every one

I have quoted it some where else too at SF but this is powerful enough to be quoted again and again. The interesting thing is that the poet was Qamar Jalalwi who used to have a shop for fixing punctures on the road side in old city of Aligarh. The blog Indian Muslims has a post about many such couplets where the poet is rather unknown while the couplets are known to nearly every one.

Now a peeve. Some people say that the actual word for love should be pronounced as mahabbat and not as muhabbat. I am determined to oppose these people. Muhabbat has been muhabbat for centuries and no one is allowed to change it.

Now your turn.