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jis ko ho deen-o-dil azeez
us ki gali mein jaaye kyun
yes, she is not a believer
yes, she is unfaithful too
if you so value faith and heart
then why keep going to her street
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (118)
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baiThe rahen
tasavvur-e-jaanan kiye hue
the heart keeps searching
for those days and nights of ease
sitting enmeshed
with the thoughts of my beloved
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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
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par kya karen ki
dil hi aduu hai faraagh ka
a hundred times, i have
broken free from the bonds of love
but what can i do...
for my heart is freedom's enemy
Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (66)
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5 / 25 : Featured
warna duniya mein
kya naheen hota
you were not mine
in any form
else, what couldn't
have happened in this world
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (118)
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6 / 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
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7 / 25 : Featured
kah diya us ne ki
phir hum kya karen
after listening to my entire
story of sorrow and despair
she said
well, what can i do?
sorrow, sadness
entire, allof
story, tale
grief, hurt, sorrow
Theme: Miscellany (44)
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8 / 25 : Featured
bas ho chuki namaaz
musalla uThaayiye
springtime has arrived,
mystics, drink some wine
prayers are over,
roll up the prayer-carpet
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9 / 25 : Featured
khushk mausam tha
magar TuuT ke barsaat hui
eyes welled with the
reunion of the loved one
after a long season of drought
the sky broke to rain down
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10 / 25 : Featured
kuchh hum se kaha hota
kuchh hum se suna hota
you spoke to strangers,
you lent them a patient ear
wish you had a word with me,
heard me out too
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (142)
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11 / 25 : Featured
jaane na jaane gul hi na jaane
baagh to saara jaane hai
every leaf, every plant
knows my feelings
the whole garden knows them,
even if the flower doesn't
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12 / 25 : Featured
ek teer mere seene
pe mara, ke hai
when you mentioned Kolkata
oh my dear friend
you shot an arrow
straight into my heart
Theme: Home, Country, & Belonging (30)
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13 / 25 : Featured
bahut hote hain, yaaro,
chaar din bhi
it is true that life is
just four days long
even these four days, friends,
are too many
Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (132)
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14 / 25 : Featured
jab bure waqt pe dekha to
koyi yaar na tha
who wasn't i friends with?
who didn't i love dearly?
in my days of misfortune,
i didn't have a single friend
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (142)
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15 / 25 : Featured
dil TuuTe
aawaaz na aaye
when the glass breaks,
so much noise
when the heart breaks,
not even a whisper
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jihad-e-zindagani mein
hai ye mardon ki shamsheerain
firm principles, relentless action,
love that conquers the world
in the battle of life
these are the swords of the warrior
faith, belief
action, labor
flowing, continuous
struggle, esp.spiritual
Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (132)
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17 / 25 : Featured
kaash tujh ko bhi
ek jhalak dekhun
for how long will i see you
in dreams and dreams alone
if only i could see you
for real even if for a moment
Theme: Hopes, Aspirations, & Dreams (38)
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kaise hote hain wo khat
jin ke jawaab aate hain
oh messenger, please tell me
for you must have seen
what kind of a letter
gets a reply from her
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (118)
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19 / 25 : Featured
bandagi se
khuda nahin milta
through love,
you will find, o priest
through worship,
you won't find god
Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (72)
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20 / 25 : Featured
koyi tum se bhi
haseen kya hoga
with what hope
can i look at anyone else
who can be
more beautiful than you
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (112)
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mumkin hi nahi lagta
ai dost, tujhe paanaa
arriving like a dream, and
leaving with fragrance behind
it seems impossible, my friend,
to find someone like you
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (142)
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qaafila saath
aur safar tanha
life has transpired
as a lonely vision
moving with the caravan
but traveling alone
Theme: Quest, Journey, & Destination (54)
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mera ilaaj mere charagar
ke paas nain
my beloved is caring
but not discerning
the cure for my ailment
my healer doesn't have
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (119)
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tum jhuuT kah rahe thay
mujhe eitbaar tha
is it magic or spell
that's in what you say
you kept telling lies
and i kept believing
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sheeshe ka maseeha koyi nahin
kya aas lagaaye baithe ho?
picking some scraps of glass
and hiding them in your clothes
there is no savior in these trinkets
what hope are you holding on to?
glass
saviour, messiah
worthless, improper
hem (clothes), lap
Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (72)
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