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log aise hi adaaon pe
fida hote hain
don’t flash your smiles
at all these men, miss
they fall so easily
for your mannerisms
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (112)
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un ki taraf se aap likhe
khat javaab mein
so restless, in what all ways
have you deceived yourself
on her behalf you wrote
replies to yourself
Anonymous
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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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jin ki khaatir basti chhoDi
naam na lo un pyaaron ka
insha, spend the rest of your life
in peace among strangers
the loved ones for whom you
left your town, think not about them
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nakaam-e-mohabbat ka
itna hi fasana
joyless youth,
painless life
for those unsuccessful in love,
this is the only story
Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (132)
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kahin se tum bayaan karte
kahin se hum bayaan karte
it is such a delight
reliving stories of the past
you narrate from one end
and i from the other
Theme: Voice, Expression, & Language (81)
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7 / 25 : Featured
hum ajnabi ki tarah
apne hi watan mein rahe
no one here, ‘majrooh’,
understands what i say
i remain a stranger
in my own land
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8 / 25 : Featured
shauq-e-fuzool-o-
jurat-e-rindaana chaahiye
from those lips, am sure
to get a kiss one day
just needs pointless passion
and careless courage
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apni bhi ik raae rakhna
kitna mushkil hai
in this crowding of voices
amid all this tumult and furor
to listen to your own voice
how hard it is
Theme: Creativity, Philosophy, & Enlightenment (40)
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10 / 25 : Featured
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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jo chale chhuT ke qafas se
wo giraftaar chale
in such a way the captor
has set them free
they flew out of the cage
but are hostages still
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dekhna hai kheenchta hai
mujh pe pehla teer kaun
my friends too
like my enemies…are free
i have to see who
shoots the first arrow at me
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (142)
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ye log kyon mere
zakhm-e-jigar ko dekhte hain
may no evil eye fall
on her hands and arms
why do these people
keep gazing at my heart’s wounds
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (120)
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zinda rahna hai to
tarkeeben bahut saari rakho
keep water in your eyes
and a spark on your lips
to stay alive
have many methods at hand
eyes, eye
lips
spark, ember
methods, mechanisms
Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (132)
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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 (120)
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aankhen vo paDh rahi hain
jo tahreer bhi nahin
how strange are these
love letters
the eyes read even when
there is no writing
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wahi daana hai kaha
jis ne na maana dil ka
after a long time, dagh,
i have understood
the wise is the one who
did not follow his heart
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bemohabbat
khuda nahin milta
keep your worship to yourself,
o priest
without love,
god can’t be got
worship
priest, pious person
without love
god
Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (72)
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sar itna mat jhukaao ki
dastaar gir pade
what harm is there
in bowing respectfully, but
don’t bend so much
that your hat falls off
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dhoop roke hai
mera chahne wala kaisa
who has provided a shade
for me in this desert
how are my dear ones able to
protect me from this searing heat
2005: Sitara-i-Imtiaz
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main fed up ho gaiyaan mundeya
sun sun ke tere dukhde ve
you’re just a country bumpkin
and i am lovely like katrina
i am fed up, you fellow,
listening to your sob stories
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (112)
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ke tere marz ka ilaaj
mehfil hai doston ki
feeling my pulse
my doctor smiled and said
the cure for your illness
is a party with friends
Anonymous
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23 / 25 : Featured
leejiye ya deejiye
inkaar rahne deejiye
please stop arguing
about a kiss on the cheek
either i give or you give
but pray do not refuse
kiss
face, cheek
argument, tiff
rejection, refusal
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (112)
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lete na kabhi bhool ke ham
naam-e-mohabbat
had i known the
consequences of love
even by mistake, i wouldn’t
have uttered its name
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do gaz zameen bhi na mili
kuu-e-yaar mein
how unfortunate is zafar
for his burial
couldn’t get two yards of ground
in the lane of his beloved
Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (132)
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