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jazbe ki kaDi dhoop ho tokya naheen mumkin

ye kis ne kaha

sang pighalta hi naheen hai

if there is intensity of passion

what is not possible?

who said that

the rock doesn't melt?

Akhtar Lakhnvi (1)
dhoop (f) (10)

heat from sun

mumkin (8)

possible

sang (m) (3)

rock

pighalta (m) (1)

melt

Theme: Grit, Resilience, & Courage (62)

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us ko bhi bhoolna

achcha laga pehle pehle

(my) heart did not have

a sad face in the beginning

it felt good for it

to forget in the beginning

forget

saleeqa (m) (6)

skill, art, method

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3 / 25 : Featured

doosra naam hai

meri shab-e-tanhaai ka

what does anyone know

about the day of apocalypse

it is another name for

my night of loneliness

roz (m) (14)

day, every day

qayaamat (f) (9)

catastrophe, apocalypse

cheez (m) (7)

things, matter

doosra (m) (3)

other, something else

shab (f) (17)

evening, night

tanhaai (f) (12)

solitude, loneliness

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4 / 25 : Featured

raag raag mein daudthi phirthi hai

nashtar liye hue

what can i say about

where love is and where it isn’t

it courses through every vein,

daggers drawn

1959: Sahitya Akademi

mohabbat (f) (42)

love

raag (m) (1)

artery, vein

daudthi (f) (1)

running

phirthi (f) (1)

roaming

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5 / 25 : Featured

kyun dekhen zindagi ko

kisi ki nazar se hum

all we have

is a viewpoint

why should we see life

from anyone else’s perspective

1971: Padma Shri

2013: Commemorative Stamp India

faqat (6)

only, just, simply

nazar (f) (36)

perspective, sight

zindagi (f) (45)

life

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6 / 25 : Featured

raat kaT thi hai

baDi mushkil se

day is but a day,

it passes fast

it is the night that

is difficult to bear

guzar (m) (13)

pass through, spent

raat (f) (14)

night

badi (f) (2)

hatred

mushkil (m) (8)

difficult, hard

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7 / 25 : Featured

do aarzoo mein kaT gaye

do intezaar mein

seeking a long life

i got myself four days

two spent in wanting

and two in waiting

umr (m) (16)

life

daraaz (m) (3)

long

maang (f) (3)

ask, seek

chaar (m) (8)

four

aarzoo (m) (18)

desire

intezaar (m) (22)

waiting

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8 / 25 : Featured

nazar na aayega jab

koi bismil-o-qaatil

it is very near, muztar,

that system and order of life

when you will not see

any murderers or victims

zindagi (f) (45)

life

qareeb (4)

near, close

nizaam (m) (2)

order, system

nazar (f) (36)

perspective, sight

bismil (3)

injured, victim, slain

qaatil (m) (10)

murderer, assassin

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9 / 25 : Featured

tum maseeha naheen hote ho to

qaatil ho jaao

be mine and be present

in some way

if not as my savior

at least as my assassin

shaamil (m) (4)

tobepresent

taur (m) (2)

manner, fashion

to (2)

so

maseeha (m) (4)

saviour, messiah

qaatil (m) (10)

murderer, assassin

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10 / 25 : Featured

to kya, tum mere dil ke

aur bhi kareeb ho gaye ho

even though you are

far away from my sight

so what, you have come

even closer to my heart

1999: Sahitya Akademi

1999: Padma Shri

agarche (m) (2)

although

nazron (m) (2)

sight

kareeb (m) (1)

closer

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11 / 25 : Featured

tu ne bhi khudaayaa meri

niyyat nahin dekhi

like everyone else

you too pointed out my flaws

you too, oh god,

did not see my intentions

aib (m) (3)

fault, flaw, vice

khudaayaa (m) (1)

ohgod

niyyat (f) (2)

purpose, intention

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12 / 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

jabeen (m) (3)

forehead, face

anjuman (m) (5)

gathering, assembly

aamad (f) (2)

arrival

bichhaaya (m) (1)

spread

qamar (m) (2)

moon

chaandni (f) (4)

moonlight

farsh (f) (1)

carpet

mehfil (f) (17)

gathering, concert

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13 / 25 : Featured

harfon ki zubaan aur hai

aankhon ki zubaan aur

the eloquence of silence

outweighs any expression

the language of words is one

the language of eyes is something else

izhaar (m) (5)

express, announce

khamoshi (f) (2)

silence

takallum (m) (6)

speech, eloquence

harfon (m) (1)

words

zubaan (m) (8)

speech, tongue

aankhon (m) (13)

eyes

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14 / 25 : Featured

de aur dil un ko

jo na de mujh ko zabaan aur

oh god, she doesn’t understand me

nor will she ever

either give her another heart

or give me more eloquence

rab (m) (3)

god

samjhe (11)

to understand

dil (m) (118)

heart

zabaan (m) (13)

language, tongue

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15 / 25 : Featured

tum se to itna ho sakta hai

poochho haal bechaaron ka

they won’t open their mouths

those who love you will say nothing

if it is possible for you, at least

ask the condition of the poor souls

zabaan (m) (13)

language, tongue

chup (10)

silent, quiet

aashiq (m) (5)

lover, fan

log (m) (14)

people

haal (m) (17)

plight, condition

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16 / 25 : Featured

hum rahen yuun

tishna-lab paigaam ke

while others in the gathering

are kissing their cups of wine

i remain, lips parched,

for news of you

ghair (2)

others, strangers

mehfil (f) (17)

gathering, concert

bosey (m) (2)

kiss

jaam (m) (12)

wine cup, goblet

yuun (4)

like this, in this way

tishna (2)

thirsty

lab (m) (19)

lip, lips

paigaam (m) (1)

message, news, missive

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17 / 25 : Featured

pehchaanta naheen hoon abhi

rahbar ko main

i go searching for a short while

with whoever is whizzing past

i am yet to find someone

a guide to show the way

talaash (f) (10)

quest, search

tez (5)

fast, speed, quick

rau (m) (2)

gallop, rhythm

pehchaanta (m) (1)

spot, identify

rahbar (m) (7)

guide, leader, ruler

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18 / 25 : Featured

har sitam ye soch kar

hum seh gaye

perhaps, this is the

last cruelty

thinking so, i endured

every cruelty

2014: Commemorative Stamp, India

perhaps, maybe

aakhri (1)

last

sitam (m) (12)

tyranny, cruelty

soch (3)

think

seh (1)

endure

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19 / 25 : Featured

kya noor tha ki

shama ko parvaana kar diya

when she came that evening,

unveiled, to the gathering

oh, what a glow,

that turned the flame into a moth

shab (f) (17)

evening, night

behijaab (m) (2)

unveiled

mehfil (f) (17)

gathering, concert

noor (m) (11)

light, radiance

shama (m) (6)

lamp, candle, wax

parvaana (m) (5)

moth

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20 / 25 : Featured

khilona hai jo miTTi ka

fana hone se darta hai

everyone here is always

fearful of a calamity happenin

all of them toys...always

fearful of becoming dirt

shakhs (m) (16)

person, individual

pal (m) (7)

moment, nurture

hadsa (m) (2)

calamity, accident

darta (1)

fearful

khilona (m) (2)

toy

mitti (f) (1)

dirt, clay, earth

fana (f) (2)

annihilation

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21 / 25 : Featured

inheen se kaam chalao

baDi udaas hai raat

in these ruins, there are

a few broken lamps somewhere

make do with them

for this is quite a sad night

khanDar (m) (1)

ruins

TuuTe (3)

broken, break

kaam (m) (15)

work

udaas (7)

sad

raat (f) (14)

night

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22 / 25 : Featured

baa-wafaa jo aaj hain

kal bewafa ho jaayenge

passion is like the rising sun

and with time, the shade diminishes

those who are loyal today

will become disloyal tomorrow

shauq (m) (14)

passion, zeal

chaanv (m) (3)

shade

bewafa (m) (5)

unfaithful, disloyal

dhoop (f) (10)

heat from sun

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23 / 25 : Featured

jo tumhen bhulaa chuka hai

use tum bhi bhool jaao

for how long this obsession over the

unfaithfulness of someone, ‘faraz’

the one who has forgotten you

you should forget them too

bewafa (m) (5)

unfaithful, disloyal

khaatir (m) (6)

caring

junoon (m) (10)

passion, madness

bhool (f) (16)

forget, mistake

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24 / 25 : Featured

to samundar ki tarah

shor machaata kya hai

your experience so trivial

your existence so shallow

why do you create a furor

like a noisy sea

ehsaas (m) (4)

feeling, experience

hasti (f) (4)

life, existence, being

paayaab (m) (1)

shallow, knee-deep

make noise

Theme: Miscellany (44)

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25 / 25 : Featured

baat puraani hai

ek yaad puraani hai

in the heart, again

the same pain awakens

an old matter

an old memory

Fahmida Riaz (4)
dard (m) (22)

pain

jaaga (1)

awaken

yaad (m) (40)

memory, remember

old

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