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akela huun magar
tanha nahi hoon
i always
keep myself company
i am by myself
but am never alone
Anonymous
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (126)
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aisi namaaz se guzar
aise imam se guzar
your priest is absent
and your prayer joyless
find your way out of
that priest and that prayer
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roza rakkha jo
ham ne daawat ki
another example
of her enmity
my beloved chose to fast
on the day i hosted a dinner
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (126)
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ye haadsa tha ki main
umr bhar safar mein raha
i knew that those at home
were waiting for me
the misfortune was that i spent
my whole life out traveling
Anonymous
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5 / 25 : Featured
yaad rahta naheen
bhool jaana use
i remember
everything…but
i fail to remember
to forget him
Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (67)
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jala ke apna diya
raushni makaan mein la
lights of the street are surely
a thousand times brighter
but light your own lamp
and bring light into the house
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7 / 25 : Featured
bas ho chuki namaaz
musalla uThaayiye
springtime has arrived,
mystics, drink some wine
prayers are over,
roll up the prayer-carpet
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8 / 25 : Featured
pahle dil-e-gudaakhta
paida kare koi
the beauty of an illuminating
lamp of eloquence is far away, ‘asad’
first, let someone create a heart
that is burnt and melted in love
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9 / 25 : Featured
kuch aur thak gaya hoon
aaraam karte karte
it was essential to get tired
while doing some work
i was even more exhausted
while resting
Theme: Time, Life & Learning (139)
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10 / 25 : Featured
rooyi ki tarah uD jaayenge
hum dekhenge
when the mighty mountains
of tyranny and oppression
fly away like clumps of cotton
we shall see
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11 / 25 : Featured
na ibtida ki khabar hai
na inteha maaloom
heard the story of life
but from the middle
don’t know how it started
nor know where it will end
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12 / 25 : Featured
ek us ko paane ke liye
kya kya kiya kya kya hua
visited many temples and mosques
met with priests and saints
just to attain my beloved
what all i did, what all happened
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (126)
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13 / 25 : Featured
hai wasl se zyaada
mazaa intezaar ka
so many kinds of unmet desires
coursing through the heart
but more fun in the waiting
than there is in the getting
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14 / 25 : Featured
jaane kyun aaj
tere naam pe rona aaya
o love, i wept
at your outcome
not sure why, i wept
hearing your name today
1961: Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist
1962: Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist
1963: Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (126)
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aadatan ham ne
etibaar kiya
by habit
you made promises
by habit
i trusted you
trust
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (150)
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main zakhm zakhm huun
phir bhi gale lagaaun use
she is prickly, prickly
like the branch of a rose
i am wounded, wounded
but yet longing for an embrace
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kisi rote hue bachche ko
hansaaya jaaye
the mosque is too far from home
maybe we should try this...
why not make
a few crying children smile?
Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (77)
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woh ek diya bujhaa to
saikDon diye jala gaya
the wind of tyranny wonders
what vortex it finds itself in
as it snuffs out one lamp
a thousand lamps get lit
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saamne aaina
rakh liya kijiye
as you get ready
to criticize others
keep a mirror
handy
Theme: Miscellany (44)
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uTho na pahlu se
Thahro zara...kidhar ko chale
you have just arrived
what’s the hurry to leave
don’t get up just yet from my side
stay a while, where are you headed
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (126)
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is kharaabe mein
koyi mard kahaan
with whom
should i wish to meet
in these wastelands
are there any men left?
desire
meeting, union
ruin, spoilt, waste
man, men
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (126)
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yun hi saath saath chalen sada
kabhi khatm apna safar na ho
sometimes swaying in the sunshine
sometimes kissing evening flowers
let us walk together forever
may our journey never end
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karu kaise mohabbat?
mujhe urdu nahi aati
no elegance in my words
as i don’t know urdu
how do i love?
if i don’t know urdu
Theme: Voice, Expression, & Language (82)
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gharon se door bhi
ghar ke liye base hue hain
in search of livelihood
this stage is so strange that
we have settled far away from home
just for the sake of our homes
Theme: Home, Country, & Belonging (32)
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shauq kahta hai ki
do chaar qadam aur sahi
destinations beg me
to take a break
but passion says
just a few more steps
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