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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
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2 / 25 : Featured
kal apno ki talaash mein tha
aaj apni talaash mein huun
i was on a journey yesterday
and still am today
yesterday, in search of my dear ones
today, in search of myself
Anonymous
Theme: Quest, Journey, & Destination (55)
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3 / 25 : Featured
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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4 / 25 : Featured
raah-e-aashiqi ka taqaaza yehi hai ke
kashti chale par saahil na aaye
i found so much joy in the seeking of my desire
i am praying the destination never arrives
the demand of the path of love is just this:
boat keeps sailing, but shore is never reached
Anonymous
quest, search
demand, desire, wish
pleasure, joy, delight
blessing, prayer
goal, destination
street, path
love
demand, requirement
boat
shore, coast
Theme: Quest, Journey, & Destination (55)
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5 / 25 : Featured
zara aap ko
zahmat hogi
under your feet
there is a heart
if it is not
too inconvenient
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (114)
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6 / 25 : Featured
wo shakhs aa ke
mere shahr se chala bhi gaya
i kept picking flowers
and i didn’t even know
my beloved visited the city
and left too
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (120)
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7 / 25 : Featured
aur woh samjhe nahin
ye khaamoshi kya cheez hai
i couldn’t get the words out,
telling her of my heart’s state
nor could she understand
what my silence meant
Theme: Voice, Expression, & Language (82)
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8 / 25 : Featured
phir bhi
masroof-e-intezaar hai dil
i know
she will not come
but yet,
my heart is busy waiting
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (121)
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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
hota hai shab-o-roz
tamaasha mere aage
a play of children
this world before me
a spectacle unfolds
every day and night before me
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11 / 25 : Featured
ishq ki jaye phir samajhiye
zindagi kya cheez hai
how can sane people know
what ecstasy is all about
love and figure out
what life is all about
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12 / 25 : Featured
manzil ke liye do gaam chaloon
aur saamne manzil aa jaye
o passion of the heart, if i so desire
all things would appear before me
if i take two steps to my goal
the goal itself comes to meet me
Anonymous
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13 / 25 : Featured
ab koyi film mukammal
naheen dekhi jaati
now my attention
keeps drifting somewhere else
i am not able to
watch any movie completely
Theme: Miscellany (44)
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14 / 25 : Featured
qaafila saath
aur safar tanha
life transpired
spent alone
moving with the caravan
but traveling alone
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15 / 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
Theme: Home, Country, & Belonging (31)
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16 / 25 : Featured
hum na honge
koyi hum sa hoga
the world will
continue to flourish forever
even if i am not there
someone like me will
Theme: Nature, World & Universe (51)
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17 / 25 : Featured
agar jang laazmi hai
to phir jang hi sahi
we desire peace
but by vanquishing tyranny
if what is needed is a fight
so be it…that fight is right
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faizaan-e-mohabbat aam sahi
irfaan-e-mohabbat aam nahin
if god doesn’t give guidance
man is not competent
grace of love is common
but not love’s enlightenment
1959: Sahitya Akademi
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19 / 25 : Featured
dil har choTi si baat pe bhi
dara sa rehta
having witnessed so many
events in my life
even for small matters
my heart feels worried
Anonymous
sight, view, scene
Theme: Time, Life & Learning (133)
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20 / 25 : Featured
jab kisi shahr mein
kuchh yaar puraane se mile
received a new wound
and found a new life
when in the new city
found some old friends
Anonymous
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21 / 25 : Featured
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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vo zindagi jo haseenon
ke darmiyaan guzre
that is called heaven
that is also hell
life that is spent
among the beautiful
1959: Sahitya Akademi
Theme: Time, Life & Learning (133)
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mujh ko meri daanish
mere afkaar mein dekhen
see me not in my eyes
my hair, my face
see me in my knowledge,
my thoughts, my concerns
hair, tresses
cheeks, face
learning, wisdom
thoughts, concerns
Theme: Hopes, Aspirations, & Dreams (38)
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faasla hai ki
kam nahin hota
as i keep traveling
on this road
the distance to destination
doesn’t seem to reduce
Theme: Quest, Journey, & Destination (55)
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qurbaton mein bhi
faasla hai yahaan
people here are cautious
in their behaviors
even in closeness
there is a distance
distance
cautious, careful
behavior, mannerisms
closeness, proximity
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (146)
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