1 / 25 : Featured
ruuTh kar vaqt ganvaane ki
zaroorat kya hai
as it is, life is
too short for loving
why get upset and
waste it all away
Anonymous
Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (132)
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2 / 25 : Featured
aap ke saath hi
guzaari hai
after you left,
every hour
i spent
only with you
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (119)
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3 / 25 : Featured
jo zinda hun to phir
zinda nazar aana zaroori hai
if principles are under attack
it is necessary to fight back
if i am alive
i must act so
Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (132)
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4 / 25 : Featured
qaasid ki laash aayi
khat ke jawaab mein
in my restlessness
i don’t know what i wrote to her
in reply came
the corpse of the messenger
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5 / 25 : Featured
faaltu aql mujh mein
thi hi naheen
in religious debates
i did not participate
useless smarts
i did not have in me
Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (72)
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6 / 25 : Featured
shabnam ka qatra bhi
jin ko dariyaa lagta hai
imagine for how long
they have been parched
for whom even a dew drop
seems a river
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7 / 25 : Featured
tera dil to hai sanam-ashna
tujhe kya milega namaaz mein
when i was prostrate in prayer
i heard a voice from the ground
when your heart itself is the beloved
what will you get from this prayer?
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8 / 25 : Featured
mera qalam mera saathi
mera humraaz banta raha
even during the storms of time
i kept lighting the lamp of brightness
my pen remained my friend,
my confidant all through
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9 / 25 : Featured
un hawaaon ne mera
raasta hamwaar kiya
the winds that
entangled the whole world
the same winds
made my path smooth
Theme: Quest, Journey, & Destination (54)
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10 / 25 : Featured
baaqi umr
izaafi hai
one love
is enough
the rest of life
is just surplus
Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (132)
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11 / 25 : Featured
jashn manao
saal-e-nau ke
the paths forward
are dressed up like a bride
celebrate
the new year
Theme: Miscellany (44)
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12 / 25 : Featured
kyu tanha se ho gaye hum
tere jaane ke baad
I was living by myself
even earlier
why am I now lonely,
after you left?
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13 / 25 : Featured
jihad-e-zindagani mein
hai ye mardon ki shamsheerain
firm principles, relentless action,
love that conquers the world
in the battle of life
these are the swords of the warrior
faith, belief
action, labor
flowing, continuous
struggle, esp.spiritual
Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (132)
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14 / 25 : Featured
kitne aadaab ke parde
mein hai inkaar ki baat
these manners, these gestures
these beautiful words and promises
how a refusal is hidden
behind these layers of etiquette
Theme: Voice, Expression, & Language (80)
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15 / 25 : Featured
ki har zarre ne mujhe tumse
milaane ki saazish ki hai
with so much dedication
did i strive and struggle to win you
that every atom of the universe
conspired to help me achieve it
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16 / 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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17 / 25 : Featured
warna duniya mein
kya naheen hota
you were not mine
in any form
else, what couldn't
have happened in this world
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (117)
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18 / 25 : Featured
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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19 / 25 : Featured
chup rahoge to
log sun lenge
please do keep
saying something
if you remain silent
people will hear
silent, quiet
Theme: Voice, Expression, & Language (80)
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20 / 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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21 / 25 : Featured
mil jaaye toh miTTi hain
kho jaaye toh sona hai
that which is called life
is but a bizarre toy
what we get is dirt
what we lose is gold
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22 / 25 : Featured
ye woh afsaana hai jo
bekahe mashhoor hota hai
how much ever they hide love
none can really hide it
this is a story, unspoken,
becomes well-known
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23 / 25 : Featured
do se jab ek nikaalen
to sifar bachta hai
love is that
subject of arithmetic, faris
if you take one out of two
what remains is zero
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (119)
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24 / 25 : Featured
saaf pehchan liya jata hun
roya hua main
i get acquainted with others
with a smile, ‘zafar’
but i get to know them clearly
only when i am weeping
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (141)
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25 / 25 : Featured
baiThe hain unheen ke kooche mein
hum aaj gunahgaaron ki tarah
in whose heart i was once present
like i was more dear than life itself
today i am sitting in her street
like a common criminal
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (119)
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