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woh zindagi hai jo
kaanTon ke darmiyaan guzre
the company of flowers
is indeed beautiful
but that is life which
happens amid thorns
1959: Sahitya Akademi
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agar rasool na hote to
subah kaafi thi
for us people of insight
looking for proof of truth
if there’s no prophet
just the dawn would do
Theme: Creativity, Philosophy, & Enlightenment (40)
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ilm ki inteha hai
khaamoshi
the beginning of knowledge
commotion
the end of knowledge
silence
silence
beginning
commotion, uproar
ending, finale
Theme: Creativity, Philosophy, & Enlightenment (40)
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4 / 25 : Featured
kinaare se kabhi
andaaza-e-toofan nahi hota
to understand love
you should first fall in love
from the shore, how can you
ever get a sense of the storm
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5 / 25 : Featured
jo hamein zahr pilaate hue
mar jaate hain
i am accused
of killing them
who died
feeding me poison
Theme: Miscellany (44)
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6 / 25 : Featured
amaa’n dekho toh
kitne maulavi hai
on judgment day
in the line of sinners
you can see
how many priests there are
front, top, head
assembly on judgment day
sinners
line
priests
Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (72)
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7 / 25 : Featured
jab aankh hi se na Tapka to
phir lahoo kya hai
that which courses through veins
i don't much care for
if it doesn't drip from the eyes
how can it be blood?
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8 / 25 : Featured
asir hone ki
aazaad aarzoo karte
should they see the world of
shackles of your tresses
even free men would
desire to be held hostage
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9 / 25 : Featured
mujhe lagta hai bahut
apne se dar shaam ke baad
this is the time to meet
the time for separation too
i feel quite afraid of myself
as the dusk falls
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (119)
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10 / 25 : Featured
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 (72)
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11 / 25 : Featured
tum maseeha naheen hote ho to
qaatil ho jaao
be mine and be present
in some way
if not as my savior
at least as my assassin
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12 / 25 : Featured
zujaaj ki yeh imaarat hai
sang-e-khaara nahin
the spell of the celestial dome
can surely be broken
it is a structure of glass,
not of unbreakable rock
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13 / 25 : Featured
phool baalon mein
ik sajaane ko
i wounded my hands
with thorns
so i can adorn my
hair with a flower
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (119)
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14 / 25 : Featured
shikwe bhi hain tujhi se
aur pyaar bhi tujhi se
you are the pain, the blessing too
the wound and the cure too
complaint is against you too
and my love is for you too
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15 / 25 : Featured
azal se zehn-e-insaan
basta-e-auhaam hai saaqi
religion but a fanciful belief
a string of delusions
forever the human mind has been
hostage to a bundle of superstitions
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16 / 25 : Featured
tumhare husn-e-takallum se
kya naheen hota
lamps light up,
fragrance in morning breeze
what can’t happen
with your beautiful eloquence
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17 / 25 : Featured
aur raasthe bhi
badalta hai to bas
we stay the same
we stay the same
and our paths too
what changes is this
Anonymous
relationships
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18 / 25 : Featured
khushk mausam tha
magar TuuT ke barsaat hui
eyes welled with the
reunion of the loved one
after a long season of drought
the sky broke to rain down
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19 / 25 : Featured
aisa lagta hai ki kuchh
TooT gaya hai mujh mein
it is a piercing sting
that keeps me restless
i feel that something
inside me is broken
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (119)
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20 / 25 : Featured
gila na kar jo kabhi
tera humnava na hua
my entire life, i struggled
and fought with myself
so, don’t complain that
i couldn’t be there for you
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ye woh safar tha jis mein
Thaharna muhaal tha
what great feat was it
that we kept moving?
it was such a journey
where stopping was impossible
journey, travel
feat, wonder
waiting, stopping
impossible, difficult
Theme: Quest, Journey, & Destination (54)
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sukhan wo hai jise
har shakhs apna hi bayaan samjhe
her/his understanding relates to
the language of every heart
and the speech is such that
we all feel it is our own voice
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zaroorat kya thi
muskurane ki
if the wish is to take my life
could have said so plainly
where was the need
to smile
Anonymous
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (112)
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kitne pyaare hain
mujhe chhoD ke jaane waale
those who embrace me tightly
every time we meet
how loving they are…those who
leave me behind eventually
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (141)
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ki is ke baad ye duniyaa
kahaan se laaunga main
i wish for all decisions
be made right here
for, after this, where will i
find such a world again
decision
Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (132)
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