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tu munda bilkul desi haimain katrina ton sohni ve

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

Kumaar (1)
munda (m) (1)

boy, youngman

bilkul (1)

exactly

sohni (f) (1)

beautiful, lovely

dukhde (m) (1)

sad story

Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (115)

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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

izteraab (m) (5)

restlessness

qaasid (m) (6)

messenger, envoy

khat (f) (7)

letter

laash (f) (1)

corpse

jawaab (m) (7)

answer, reply

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qissa jo yahaan ka hai

to phir tai bhi yaheen ho

why postpone the verdict

of justice until after death

whatever account is of here

let it be settled right here

insaaf (m) (2)

justice

postponement, dependent

hashr (m) (3)

day of judgment

qissa (m) (2)

story, account

tai (f) (2)

traverse, pass through

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4 / 25 : Featured

agar aasaniyaan hon

zindagi dushwar ho jaaye

i go along laughing and playing

with waves of adversity

if life were to be all easy

how painful it would be

laughing playing

mauj (m) (6)

wave, waves, enjoyment

zindagi (f) (45)

life

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5 / 25 : Featured

kya khabar thi jaate jaate

woh dua de jaayega

how regretful i am

for criticizing him harshly

who knew, that while leaving

he would bless me and go

Anonymous

qadar (m) (8)

amount of, degree

nadim (1)

regretful

khabar (f) (13)

news, awareness

dua (m) (11)

blessing, prayer

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sajde kisi ke dar pe

kiye ja raha huun main

whether accepted or not

it is a matter of fate

but at someone’s doorstep

i am prostrate in prayer

1971: Padma Shri

muqaddar (m) (8)

fate, fortune

to be accepted, popular

sajde (m) (2)

prostrate in prayer

dar (m) (10)

window, door, gate

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jis me tu hi na basega

phir woh dil hi toD denge

i will abandon that city

in which you are not there

if you don't reside in it

i will shatter that heart

toD (4)

to break

shahr (m) (14)

city

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8 / 25 : Featured

jahaan se dekha tha

pehli baar aasmaan main ne

jamaal, of all the cities

that city is dear to me

from where i saw the sky

for the first time

aasmaan (m) (17)

sky

sheher (m) (4)

city

pyaara (2)

beloved

pehli baar (m) (1)

for the first time

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main zakhm zakhm huun

phir bhi gale lagaaun use

she is prickly, prickly

like the branch of a rose

i am wounded, wounded

but yet longing for an embrace

khaar (m) (2)

thorn

shaakh (m) (1)

branch

gulaab (m) (5)

rose

maanind (m) (2)

like, similar to

zakhm (m) (18)

wound, injury

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10 / 25 : Featured

sirf hum nahin chalte

raaste bhi chalte hain

by pausing for a moment

the goal slipped farther away

it is not only we that move,

the paths are moving too

pal (m) (7)

moment, nurture

rukne (m) (1)

tostop

duur (7)

distant, far away

manzil (f) (24)

goal, destination

sirf (4)

only

chalte (4)

move, go

raaste (m) (4)

path, paths

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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?

dhoop (f) (10)

heat from sun

mumkin (8)

possible

sang (m) (3)

rock

pighalta (m) (1)

melt

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12 / 25 : Featured

nikal ke hum teri mehfil se

raah bhool gaye

there was a refuge besides you

but i forgot

coming out of your gathering

i lost my way

1993: Dadasaheb Phalke Award

2013: India Commemorative Stamp

panaah (m) (1)

refuge

bhool (f) (16)

forget, mistake

nikal (9)

come out, emerge

mehfil (f) (17)

gathering, concert

raah (m) (25)

street, path

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13 / 25 : Featured

shaayad kaheen

tumhaara dil in dinon laga hai

o mir, you keep roaming

away from everyone else

perhaps you have your heart

set on someone these days?

perhaps, maybe

phirte (2)

roam around

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14 / 25 : Featured

qurbaton mein bhi

faasla nikla

in love too

politics arose

in even closeness

distances emerged

ishq (m) (34)

love

siyaasaten (f) (1)

politics

qurbaton (m) (2)

closeness, proximity

faasla (m) (7)

distance

nikla (12)

turned out, came out

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nazar aate hain

muskuraaye huye

even without a smile

those lips

seem to be smiling

all the while

muskuraaye (m) (2)

smiling

without

honT (m) (1)

lips

nazar (f) (36)

perspective, sight

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16 / 25 : Featured

ab na aayenge rooThne waale

deeda-e-ashk-baar chup ho ja

oh restless heart, be quiet now

the spring is over, be quiet now

those upset are not coming back

oh tear-filled eyes, be quiet now

bahaar (f) (13)

spring

chup (10)

silent, quiet

deeda (m) (4)

eyes, sight

ashk (m) (7)

tears

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vo zindagi jo haseenon

ke darmiyaan guzren

that is called heaven

that is also hell

life that is spent

among the beautiful

1959: Sahitya Akademi

dozakh (m) (5)

hell

jannath (m) (1)

heaven

guzren (1)

spent

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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

paala (m) (1)

nurture, bringup

muddaton (m) (2)

ages, long period

nazar (f) (36)

perspective, sight

pahlu (m) (4)

side

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mila to rah gaye

lafzon ke intekhaab mein hum

never found one with whom

i could share matters of the heart

when i met someone

i was found searching for words

Aleena Itrat (6)
haal (m) (17)

plight, condition

dil (m) (118)

heart

lafzon (m) (1)

words

intekhaab (m) (3)

choice, selection

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har tabassum ek toofan

har nazar ek inquilaab

youth is an apocalypse

so is youthful vigor

every smile a storm

every glance a revolution

qayaamat (f) (9)

catastrophe, apocalypse

shabaab (m) (6)

youth

tabassum (m) (5)

smile

toofan (m) (9)

storm, cyclone

nazar (f) (36)

perspective, sight

inquilaab (m) (7)

revolution

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aur raasthe bhi

badalta hai to bas

we stay the same

we stay the same

and our paths too

what changes is this

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rishte (m) (3)

relationships

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22 / 25 : Featured

zindagi ko faqat

imtihaan mat samajh

life is beautiful

with melodies and moons

don't think life is just

trials and troubles

naghma (m) (2)

melody, song

mahtaab (m) (5)

moon

faqat (6)

only, just, simply

imtihaan (m) (2)

trials, tests

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dhyaan mera

teri nazar par tha

what you said

i didn’t hear

my attention was

on your eyes

dhyaan (f) (5)

attention, focus

nazar (f) (36)

perspective, sight

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jaan kaalbad-e-soorat-e-deewar

mein aawe

in the gathering where you come

speaking with grace

life takes form

and appears all around

soorat (f) (5)

face, in the form of

bazm (m) (13)

assembly, gathering

naaz (m) (6)

grace, pride, hauteur

guftaar (m) (5)

speech, speaking

jaan (m) (18)

life, strength / beloved

kaalbad (m) (1)

shape

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yahee hai rakht-e-safar

mir-e-karwan ke liye

lofty vision, heart-warming speech

soul on fire

this is all that is needed

of the caravan's leader

nigah (m) (3)

sight, vision, glance

buland (2)

tall, lofty, strong

sukhan (m) (9)

speech, spoken words

attractive

jaan (m) (18)

life, strength / beloved

soz (m) (1)

burning, passion

safar (m) (28)

journey, travel

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