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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
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tamanna raqs karti hai
takhayyul gungunaata hai
when this someone called to
wish me a new year on the phone
desire dances around me
my imagination stars to sing
wish, desire
dance
wishes, greetings
imagination
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (148)
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chaahat ki is had par, yaarab,
hum to deewaane lagte hain
why do new acquaintances
seem like old friends to us
affection to this extent, oh god,
makes us look a little mad
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (148)
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dard jab
jaan-nawaaz ho jaaye
who would seek
the favor of the healer
when the pain itself
becomes a life-giver
Theme: Time, Life & Learning (133)
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main ne us ko aakhiri khat mein
likhaa kuch bhi naheen
maybe she will break down
seeing my blank letter
in this last message to her
i didn’t write anything
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zaroorat kya thi
muskurane ki
if the wish is to take my life
could have said so plainly
where was the need
to smile
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Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (115)
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hamein nawaaza na wahshaton ne
hamein junoon ke hunar na aaye
what was this mission i set out on
which had no dangerous paths
i wasn’t blessed with fearlessness
nor did i master the art of passion
mission, challenging task
full of danger
favored, blessed
by the wilds/wilderness
passion, madness
skill, art
Theme: Quest, Journey, & Destination (56)
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8 / 25 : Featured
na dava yaad rahe
aur na dua yaad rahe
what can he remember
one afflicted by love
neither the medication
nor the blessing
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9 / 25 : Featured
kuchh sitaare mire seene
mein samaaye hue hai abhi
some stars are
twinkling in my eyes
some others are
gathered in my heart
Theme: Nature, World & Universe (52)
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10 / 25 : Featured
lub oopar oopar hanste hain
dil andar andar rota hai
what use complaining of friends, when
what’s visible and hidden are different
their lips seem to smile
while they are weeping inside
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har baras ke hon
din pachaas hazaar
may you stay well
for a thousand years
may each of those years
have fifty thousand days
Theme: Miscellany (44)
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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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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: Time, Life & Learning (133)
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shama ka jism pighalne
ke baad aayi
this light hasn’t come into
your room all by itself
it has come after burning
the body of a candle
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (148)
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duuriyaan majbuuriyaan
tanhaaiyaan
life perhaps
is just this
distances, compulsions
loneliness
Theme: Time, Life & Learning (133)
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milengi khamiyaan apne hi
shah-kaaron mein
if i would see myself
through the eyes of others
i’d surely see the flaws indeed
in my own reasons and actions
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (148)
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jis ke jalve se
tajallii pe tajallii hai maziid
today is the joyful
celebration of lakshmi puja
whose radiance brings
waves and waves of illumination
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lifaafe mein
kuchh raushni bhej de
it is dark here…
how will i read your letter?
do send some light
with the envelope
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ke tujh ko pa ke hamen
phir teri tamanna hai
there are still stages
of closeness left
after attaining you
i still yearn for you
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (121)
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chalegaa paani magar
kinaara naheen chalegaa
since eternity, both have
remained firm in their stances
the water keeps moving, but
the shore stays where it is
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is dil ko kya karoon
ye bahaltaa kaheen naheen
it isn’t that there aren’t in this world
others more beautiful than you
but what to do with this heart
it is not pacified anywhere else
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (121)
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jis diye mein jaan hogi
woh diya rah jaayega
now the winds decide
the fate of the light
the lamps that are strong
will remain lit
Theme: Grit, Resilience, & Courage (61)
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amaa’n dekho toh
kitne maulavi hai
on judgment day
in the line of sinners
you can see
how many priests there are
front, top, head
assembly on judgment day
sinners
line
priests
Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (73)
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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 (122)
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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
Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (66)
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