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kahin kuchh cheez zyaada hai
kahin kuchh kam hai
today, wherever you see
it seems in this world
some are too many
and, some too few
Theme: Time, Life & Learning (139)
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muddaa hum ko
inteqaam se hai
wish you find someone
just like yourself
what matters to me
is just revenge
Theme: Miscellany (44)
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kyun 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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chaahat ki is had par, yaarab,
hum to deewaane lagte hain
why do new acquaintances
seem like old friends to us
affection to this extent, oh god,
makes us look a little mad
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (149)
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5 / 25 : Featured
par diwali bhi ajab
pakeeza-tar tyohaar hai
in dussehra too
there is joy and beauty, nazir
but diwali is
uniquely and purely joyous
Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (76)
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6 / 25 : Featured
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
Theme: Time, Life & Learning (139)
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7 / 25 : Featured
use ek khoobsurat mod
de kar chodna achcha
where not possible to find
the story a fine ending
it is best to find a beautiful turn
and leave it there with grace
Theme: Time, Life & Learning (139)
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8 / 25 : Featured
ki ek hi nigaah
ki bas khaak ho gaye
i had gone to complain
about being ignored
with just one glance
i turned into dust
dust, ashes, worthless
neglect
sight, gaze, glance
fault, complaint
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (125)
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9 / 25 : Featured
kab tak naqaab
rukh se uThaayi na jaayegi
god has given us eyes
to view the beauty of the beloved
how long will the veil
not be lifted from the face
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10 / 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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main ne khud ko hi
intekhaab kiya
i was in search
of that someone
finally, i ended up
choosing myself
Theme: Quest, Journey, & Destination (56)
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tu mera shauq dekh
mera intezaar dekh
understand i am not
worthy of your attention
but look at my passion
and at my patience
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14 / 25 : Featured
mera naara
inquilaab-o inquilaab-o inquilaab
change is my mission
youth is my name
my slogan:
revolution, revolution, revolution
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15 / 25 : Featured
le de ke ek dil hai
so TuuTa hua sa hai
what gift to your beauty
can i offer, when all I have
is a heart,
that too somewhat broken
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (115)
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16 / 25 : Featured
bichhaaya hai qamar ne
chaandni ka farsh mehfil mein
whose radiant, beautiful face
has arrived in this get-together
the moon has spread a carpet
of moonlight in this gathering
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is dil mein aag thi?
mere talve jhulaas gaye
after trampling me
she asks amusedly
was your heart on fire?
for my soles are seared
trample, trodden
style, grace
soles
seared, burnt
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (115)
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shamaa har rang mein jalti hai
seher hote tak
who can cure, ‘asad’,
the sorrow of existence except death
the lamp burns in every color
until the dawn arrives
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ye kya kiya ki
dost ko dushman bana diya
you shouldn't have expressed
your love to her, shefta
look what you've done,
turned a friend into an enemy
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (125)
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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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rind ka saaqi ka mae ka
khum ka paemaane ka naam
may god (or critics) be blessed
it is because of them
the drunkard, wine-pourer, wine
cask and goblet have gained fame
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22 / 25 : Featured
rahne de
mahv-e-lazzat-e-zauq-e-khabar mujhe
oh messenger, her note
do not read it yet
let me savor this moment
of joy that she wrote to me
1962: Padma Bhushan
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tum ne dekha ek nazar se
dil tumhaara ho gaya
though i nurtured for ages
i wasn’t worth much
you gave it just a glance
and it became yours
nurture, bringup
ages, long period
perspective, sight
side
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (115)
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farishte bhi kehne lage
kaash hum insaan hote
when the veil suddenly
slipped off her face
angels said to each other
gosh, wish we were human
Anonymous
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kha gaya shahr use
kehte hain deewani thi
wilderness was in her eyes
and in her voice, desolation
the city exhausted her
and called her a mad one
wilderness, desert
voice
desolation
mad person
Theme: Time, Life & Learning (139)
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