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aa dekh kimere aansuon mein

yeh kis ka

jamaal aa gaya hai

come look

in my tears

whose beauty

has appeared

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aansuon (m) (4)

tears

jamaal (m) (4)

light, beauty, elegance

Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (118)

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ek ishaara hi

kaafi hai

we are those wise ones

for whom

just one gesture

is enough

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ishaara (m) (3)

sign, signal, gesture

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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

Mohammad Iqbal (28)
tilism (m) (4)

spell, magic

gumbad (m) (2)

dome

garduun (m) (1)

heavens

toD (4)

to break

zujaaj (m) (1)

fragile, made of glass

imaarat (f) (2)

structure

sang (m) (3)

rock

khaara (1)

adamant, tough

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duuriyaan majbuuriyaan

tanhaaiyaan

life perhaps

is just this

distances, compulsions

loneliness

zindagi (f) (41)

life

perhaps, maybe

distances

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5 / 25 : Featured

peeta hoon

roz-e-abr-o-shab-e-mahtaab mein

ghalib has given up drinking

but, still, once in a while

i enjoy a drink

on cloudy days and moon-filled nights

chhuti (f) (1)

givenup

sharaab (m) (14)

wine, liquor, drink

roz (m) (13)

day, every day

abr (m) (6)

cloud, clouds

shab (f) (14)

evening, night

mahtaab (m) (5)

moon

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magar, hum ginti usi ki karte hai

jo haasil na ho saka

we go get a lot

in our life

but, we keep count only

of what we couldn’t

Anonymous

zindagi (f) (41)

life

ginti (f) (1)

count

haasil (m) (6)

capture, possess

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7 / 25 : Featured

aayi hai january

to december chala gaya

a moment of closeness

and then a year of waiting again

january has come

but december has gone

pal (m) (7)

moment, nurture

intezaar (m) (21)

waiting

qurb (m) (2)

closeness, vicinity

baras (m) (2)

years, year

Theme: Miscellany (44)

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tumhen koi zaruurat hi nahi

banne sanwarne ki

your beauty is your adornment

your simplicity is your ornament

what need is there

for any other decoration?

1962: Padma Bhushan

husn (m) (19)

beauty

saadgi (f) (4)

innocence, simplicity

zevar (m) (2)

jewelry, ornament

sanwarne (m) (1)

decoration, correction

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ek teer mere seene

pe mara, ke hai

when you mentioned Kolkata

oh my dear friend

you shot an arrow

straight into my heart

seene (m) (8)

heart, chest

zikr (m) (8)

mention, remember

teer (m) (5)

arrow

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ajeeb log hain

deewaane hona chaahte hain

all wish to be

moths to a flame

strange people…

all seeking to be mad

ajeeb (8)

strange, weird

charaagh (m) (15)

lamp, light, flame

parvaane (m) (1)

moths

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hum ne tumhaari yaad mein

sab kuchh bhula diya

even by mistake, you did not

ever think of me

but i have forsaken everything

just lost in your thoughts

bhool (f) (15)

forget, mistake

yaad (m) (35)

memory, remember

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musaafir (m) (7)

fellow traveler

yaaron (4)

friends

thikaana (m) (1)

shelter

chalte (4)

move, go

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13 / 25 : Featured

aur jin ko samajhte the apna

vo aur kisi ke ho baiThe

moved my faith from god to my beloved

and in love i lost everything

but, who i thought would be mine

ended up being someone else’s

without religion

imaan (m) (5)

faith

kho (5)

lose

understand, deem

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ek chaand baghal mein ho

ek chaand muqaabil ho

o heart, let me savor

the bliss of the moonlit moment

a moon with me

and another in front

lutf (m) (8)

comfort, joy, pleasure

shab (f) (14)

evening, night

dil (m) (110)

heart

dam (m) (9)

moment, breath

haasil (m) (6)

capture, possess

chaand (m) (9)

moon

baghal (m) (1)

nearby, next

muqaabil (m) (2)

in front of, opposite

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ye qaafila bhi

naql-e-makaani mein kho gaya

never could the wave of tears

reach the eyes

this caravan too,

got lost in the migration

aankhon (m) (12)

eyes

kabhi (26)

on occasion

aansuon (m) (4)

tears

lahr (m) (1)

wave

qaafila (m) (4)

caravan

naql (m) (1)

shifting, transfer

makaani (f) (1)

of place, of residence

kho (5)

lose

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na dava yaad rahe

aur na dua yaad rahe

what can he remember

one afflicted by love

neither the medication

nor the blessing

ishq (m) (34)

love

yaad (m) (35)

memory, remember

dua (m) (11)

blessing, prayer

dava (m) (3)

medicine, cure

maraz (m) (2)

illness, disease

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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

bad-naseeb (m) (0)

unfortunate

dafn (m) (2)

burial

gaz (m) (1)

yard

zameen (m) (13)

ground, earth, land

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kya jaane kya ho

parda jo uThe naqaab ka

even without seeing

if there is such restlessness

not sure what would happen

if the veil were to be lifted

without

haal (m) (17)

plight, condition

izteraab (m) (5)

restlessness

parda (m) (4)

veil

naqaab (m) (5)

face veil

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ye haadsa tha ki main

umr bhar safar mein raha

i knew that those at home

were waiting for me

the misfortune was that i spent

my whole life out traveling

Anonymous

safar (m) (24)

journey, travel

lifelong

khabar (f) (13)

news, awareness

intezaar (m) (21)

waiting

haadsa (m) (2)

misfortune, accident

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shauq-e-talab ne dil ko

sanam-khaana kar diya

my religion is not

one of worshiping idols

my passion for seeking has

turned my heart into a temple

mashrab (m) (1)

religion, way of life

poojoon (m) (1)

worship, respect

buuton (m) (1)

idols

shauq (m) (14)

passion, zeal

talab (m) (6)

demand, desire, wish

dil (m) (110)

heart

sanam (m) (4)

beloved, idol

khaana (m) (5)

room, section, space

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aawaz-e-shikast-e-dil hi to hai

aawaz-e-shikast-e-jaam nahin

why draw needless attention to

the joy and elation inspired by wine

that sound is only of the heart breaking

not that of the (wine) goblet breaking

1959: Sahitya Akademi

sharaab (m) (14)

wine, liquor, drink

mast (m) (2)

intoxication, carefree

tawajjoh (m) (2)

attention, interest

tarab (m) (2)

ecstasy, high emotion

shikast (m) (4)

broken, defeated

jaam (m) (10)

wine cup, goblet

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ek ajnabi ki tarah

main khud apne ghar mein tha

no one in my home

understood my joys and sorrows

like a stranger, i lived

in my own home

Anonymous

understand, deem

dukh (m) (7)

sorrow, grief

ajnabi (f) (5)

stranger

khud (24)

myself

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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

izhaar (m) (5)

express, announce

ishq (m) (34)

love

dost (m) (9)

friend

dushman (m) (7)

enemy

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honTon pe latife hain

awaaz mein chaale hain

in this city,

the style of living is so strange

wit and smile on the lips

but sharp edges in the voice

2007: Padma Bhushan

2013: Sahitya Akademi Award

shahar (m) (1)

city

andaaz (m) (10)

mannerism, style

niraale (m) (2)

unique, strange, quaint

honTon (m) (2)

lips

awaaz (m) (2)

voice

chaale (m) (1)

blisters, sores

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tum achchha kar naheen sakte

main achchha ho naheen saktaa

the cure for my heartache

oh messiah, is not possible

you can't help me

nor can i get better

ilaaj (m) (5)

cure, treatment

dard (m) (21)

pain

dil (m) (110)

heart

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