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lekin ye kya ki chain se
soya na tu na main
in breaking up
neither you nor i did cry
but with peace
neither you nor i can sleep
2011: Pride of Performance
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (126)
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kaun si shai hai jo teri
khush-bayaani mein nahin
fragrance of flowers,
rustle of breeze, tinkling of glass
what is not there
in the beauty of your talk
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3 / 25 : Featured
dil bahal jaayega
aaina badal kar dekho
changing your face
is quite tough
you heart will be allayed
just change the mirror and see
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4 / 25 : Featured
dushman bhi mere haal pe
ab aab-deeda hai
if you can’t pity me,
my friend, what can i do?
for even the enemy weeps,
listening to my fate
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5 / 25 : Featured
itne manoos sayyaad se ho gaye
ab rihaayi milegi to mar jayenge
home burned, the garden destroyed
where will we go, getting out of the cage
having gotten accustomed to the captor
we will only die if we get freedom now
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6 / 25 : Featured
shauq-e-fuzool-o-
jurat-e-rindaana chaahiye
from those lips, am sure
to get a kiss one day
just needs pointless passion
and careless courage
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7 / 25 : Featured
ishq ne dil mein
raushni ki hai
reason just
lit up the mind
love filled my
heart with light
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8 / 25 : Featured
khud hum ko mohabbat ka
sabaq yaad nahin hai
with what face can i
complain about her neglect
when i myself don’t remember
the essentials of love
mouth, face
neglect
complaint, protest
lesson
Theme: Miscellany (44)
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9 / 25 : Featured
hum ne sadiyon ka
faasla dekha
between your going
and coming
i have experienced
the distance of ages
Theme: Miscellany (44)
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10 / 25 : Featured
zindagi ki fursat-e-baaqi
se koi kaam le
don’t anguish about
the failures of the dead past
make something useful
of the time that’s left
Theme: Time, Life & Learning (144)
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11 / 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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12 / 25 : Featured
ye khaaki apni fitrat mein
na noori hai na naari hai
action shapes life
both heaven and hell
this earthly being, in its nature,
is neither of light nor of fire
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13 / 25 : Featured
par badi baat pe chup rahna
tumhi se seekha
i figured out myself
to be happy with little things
but to be quiet about big things
i learned from you
Theme: Oppression, Rebellion, & Freedom (72)
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14 / 25 : Featured
baiThe hain unheen ke kooche mein
hum aaj gunahgaaron ki tarah
in whose heart i was once present
like i was more dear than life itself
today i am sitting in her street
like a common criminal
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (126)
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15 / 25 : Featured
ek dil de kar khuda ne
de diya kya kya mujhe
sorrow, unfulfilled desires
craziness, passion, frenzy
by giving me one heart,
god has set me up with all this
Anonymous
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16 / 25 : Featured
hum logon ko sach kahne ki
aadat bhi bahut thi
may the wealth of the hypocrites
of the city bring you joy
but we also had the habit
of telling the truth
Theme: Oppression, Rebellion, & Freedom (72)
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17 / 25 : Featured
aur main saada
use lutf-e-zabaani samjha
she scolded me,
her words sharp with anger
i, in my innocence,
found it delightfully eloquent
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18 / 25 : Featured
ab tu khuda bhi ban jaaye to
main sajda na karoon
that time has passed
when i pined for you
now, even if you become god
i will not bow to you
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19 / 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 (57)
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20 / 25 : Featured
kab tak naqaab
rukh se uThaayi na jaayegi
god has given us eyes
to view the beauty of the beloved
how long will the veil
not be lifted from the face
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21 / 25 : Featured
aur kabhi qatra samundar mein
badal jaata hai
even a river can get
trapped and confined in a jar
and, a drop of water can get
transformed when part of an ocean
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ek hi shakhs tha
jahaan mein kya
why can't i
find peace ever
why, was she the only
person in this whole world?
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (126)
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magar, hum ginti usi ki karte hai
jo haasil na ho saka
we go get a lot
in our life
but, we keep count only
of what we couldn’t
Anonymous
Theme: Time, Life & Learning (144)
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choon marg aayad
tabassum bar lab-e-ost
what is the sign
of a person of learning?
when death comes,
has a smile on the lips
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bas ek dua ka shajar tha
jo besamar na hua
in the intense heat
all the trees dried up
only the tree of prayer remained
never failing to bear fruit
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