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jab yaad ham aa jaayen,
milne ki dua karna
as you leave, goodbye, but
a small request of you
when i come to your mind
do pray for us to meet again
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par badi baat pe chup rahna
tumhi se seekha
i figured out myself
to be happy with little things
but to be quiet about big things
i learned from you
Theme: Oppression, Rebellion, & Freedom (61)
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par kya karen ki
dil hi aduu hai faraagh ka
a hundred times, i have
broken free from the bonds of love
but what can i do...
for my heart is freedom's enemy
Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (66)
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vo kya karen jo tum se
khafa ho nahin sakte
please, at least tell us this
before you get angry
what do those people do
who can't get angry with you?
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (141)
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5 / 25 : Featured
kaun si shai hai jo teri
khush-bayaani mein nahin
fragrance of flowers,
rustle of breeze, tinkling of glass
what is not there
in the beauty of your talk
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6 / 25 : Featured
hai is mein ek tilism
tamanna kahen jise
the thoughts of a dream
that which we call the world
in this there is a spell
that which we call desire
Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (132)
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7 / 25 : Featured
kahin qubuul na ho jaaye
iltijaa meri
by coming, hope she wouldn’t ruin
my pleasure of waiting
hope she doesn't accept
my pleas for her to come
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8 / 25 : Featured
saamne aaina
rakh liya kijiye
as you get ready
to criticize others
keep a mirror
handy
Theme: Miscellany (44)
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9 / 25 : Featured
aur tabeeb bankar
khudi marham lagaate hai
(s)he hurts me, piercing
arrows into my heart
and then (s)he heals it,
applying the balm
Anonymous
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10 / 25 : Featured
wahi sab se
dilaawar lag raha tha
the one who first
accepted defeat
now seems to be
the bravest of all
Theme: Grit, Resilience, & Courage (58)
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11 / 25 : Featured
main ne ye jaana ke
goya ye bhi mere dil mein hai
see the charm of his speech
as what he said, i figured
resonates within me
as if it is in my heart too
Theme: Voice, Expression, & Language (80)
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12 / 25 : Featured
ik samundar hai
meri tanhaai
a boat it is
the memory of you, if
my loneliness
is an ocean
boat
memory, remember
sea, ocean
solitude, loneliness
Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (66)
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13 / 25 : Featured
be-mohabbat bewafa
begana-e-ahbab ho
when i told her…
you are unfair, act unfamiliar,
with no love, unfaithful,
a strange friend indeed
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duniya tere khayaal se
raushan hui to hai
with just one lamp
many lamps are lit
the whole world is brightened
just by the thought of you
Theme: Creativity, Philosophy, & Enlightenment (40)
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15 / 25 : Featured
mohabbat kya karenge
dost dushman dekhne waale
in the eyes of nature
flowers and thorns are the same
how can one ever love, thinking
in terms of friends and foes
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16 / 25 : Featured
aur waaqif-e-ahvaal-e-adaalat
bhi bahut thi
even they were at the site of execution
who bore witness to the truth
and she too was familiar
with the system of justice
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roz us kooche mein kuch
kaam nikal aata hai
i say every day that
i am never going to see her again
but every day i find i have
some work to do in her street
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18 / 25 : Featured
TooT gayi duniya meri
main ni darda jaavan
i embrace all the pain
i dance with the sorrow
my world has broken
i am not afraid
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woh qatl bhi karte hai to
charcha nahin hota
even if i sigh a little
i am harshly censured
when he commits murder
there isn't even a murmur
Theme: Oppression, Rebellion, & Freedom (61)
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20 / 25 : Featured
zeest ke ranj
bhool jaate hain
when your eyes
do smile
the sorrows of life
i forget for a while
Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (132)
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21 / 25 : Featured
haan bhari bazm mein
woh bol na paayi hogi
i do not concede silence is
the temperament of desire
yes, maybe she couldn’t
speak out in a crowded gathering
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ishq bechaara
na zaheed hai na mullah na hakeem
intellect is clever
can change into many forms
poor love
not an ascetic, nor learned, nor a healer
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23 / 25 : Featured
kal apno ki talaash mein tha
aaj apni talaash mein huun
i was on a journey yesterday
and still am today
yesterday, in search of my dear ones
today, in search of myself
Anonymous
Theme: Quest, Journey, & Destination (54)
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nikhat-e-zulf kya hui
baad-e-saba ko kya hua
the lane of my beloved no longer
has the fragrance of heaven
what happened to the delight of tresses
where did the morning breeze go
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aur phir vo bhi
zabaani meri
when did she listen
to my sorry state
that too when i
narrated it myself
Theme: Voice, Expression, & Language (80)
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