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chhoD deta huun woh raasta
aam ho jaane ke baad
the path that i laboriously make
with great effort, jamaal
i abandon that
when its trodden by all
Theme: Creativity, Philosophy, & Enlightenment (40)
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aur phir vo bhi
zabaani meri
when did she listen
to my sorry state
that too when i
narrated it myself
Theme: Voice, Expression, & Language (78)
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3 / 25 : Featured
par noch ke ab qaid se
aazaad kare hai
strange is this favor
you do to me, my captor
first you tear my wings
and then you set me free
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4 / 25 : Featured
munh se maango to
khuda aur khafa hota hai
whatever is given to you in kindness
you accept jus that ‘naadir’
if you were to ask for more
god will get even more angry
Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (70)
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5 / 25 : Featured
kaha jo usne
zara mere paanv daab to de
‘asad’, with joy
my limbs were rendered immobile
when she said
please press my feet
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (108)
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6 / 25 : Featured
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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7 / 25 : Featured
woh bola har lamhe mein
muqaddar chippa hai
often, i asked my past
about my fate
it replied that my destiny
is hidden in every moment
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8 / 25 : Featured
poocha kisi ne haal
to bas muskuraa diye
deliberately, knowingly
i hid all my sorrows
when someone asked how i was
i just smiled
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9 / 25 : Featured
nayi nayi si hai kuchh
teri raahguzar phir bhi
a thousand times has
the world passed by here
even then, your (love’s) path
seems new every time
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (113)
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10 / 25 : Featured
thi jo deewaar kabhi
ab hai woh dar ki soorat
what a marvel it is
my passion for freedom
what was once a wall
now appears as a doorway
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11 / 25 : Featured
har dil mein mohabbat ki
ek aag laga denge
i will make the world
listen to tales of woe
in every heart i will
light a fire of love
1961: Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist
1962: Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist
1963: Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist
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12 / 25 : Featured
kuch naadaniyan bhi
kiya karo jawan rehne ke liye
just by coloring your hair
nothing will happen, ghalib
do some crazy stuff
to retain your youth
Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (127)
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13 / 25 : Featured
rahte rahte station par
log coolie ho jaate hain
bearing burdens is hardly a passion
it is a barter of compulsion
staying at the station
people soon become porters
2014: Sahitya Akademi
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14 / 25 : Featured
hota kuch agar hosh to
maikhaane na jaate
the foolish preacher
invites me into the mosque
if i have any sense, won’t i
find my way to the taverns?
Anonymous
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15 / 25 : Featured
jaavedaan, paiham rawaan
har dam jawaan hai zindagi
do not measure it by the
standards of yesterday and tomorrow
constantly flowing every moment…
life is forever youthful
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16 / 25 : Featured
taqreeb kuch to
bahr-e-mulaaqaat chaahiye
i learned to paint for the sake of
the moon-faced ones
something is needed
to gain an acquaintance
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17 / 25 : Featured
pahle dil-e-gudaakhta
paida kare koi
the beauty of an illuminating
lamp of eloquence is far away, ‘asad’
first, let someone create a heart
that is burnt and melted in love
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18 / 25 : Featured
aadatan ham ne
etibaar kiya
by habit
you made promises
by habit
i trusted you
trust
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (139)
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19 / 25 : Featured
ki is ke baad ye duniyaa
kahaan se laaunga main
i wish for all decisions
be made right here
for, after this, where will i
find such a world again
decision
Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (127)
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20 / 25 : Featured
jigar ka khoon bhi chaahiye
kuch asar ke liye
just a string of words is
not enough to make a poem
you also need a drop
of your heart's blood for it to last
Anonymous
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21 / 25 : Featured
ab jigar thaam ke baiTho
meri baari aayi
you laughed listening to
nightingale’s passionate lament
now hold your heart and listen
for my turn has come
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22 / 25 : Featured
deepavali se aaj
zameen aasmaan hai
streets are alive with joy
houses shining with lamps
deepavali has transformed
the earth into heaven
Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (70)
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23 / 25 : Featured
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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tu aa ke jaa bhi chuka hai
main intezaar mein huun
what is this intoxication
what is this strange dizziness
you had come and gone
and i am still waiting
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (118)
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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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