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dekh kar tasveer ko
tasveer phir kheenchi to kya
one show draw a portrait
from just one's imagination
if a picture is drawn by
looking at another...what's the point?
Theme: Creativity, Philosophy, & Enlightenment (41)
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tumhen koi zaruurat hi nahi
banne sanwarne ki
your beauty is your adornment
your simplicity is your ornament
what need is there
for any other decoration?
1962: Padma Bhushan
beauty
innocence, simplicity
jewelry, ornament
decoration, correction
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (115)
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aankhen vo paDh rahi hain
jo tahreer bhi nahin
how strange are these
love letters
the eyes read even when
there is no writing
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tum maseeha naheen hote ho to
qaatil ho jaao
be mine and be present
in some way
if not as my savior
at least as my assassin
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kal phir mashhoor ho jaaun toh
koyi rishta nikaal lena
i am an unknown today
so keep some distance
tomorrow when i become famous
you can find a relationship with me
Anonymous
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (149)
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ye haadsa tha ki main
umr bhar safar mein raha
i knew that those at home
were waiting for me
the misfortune was that i spent
my whole life out traveling
Anonymous
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basthi ka har charaagh
bujhana pada hamein
for me to shine my lamp
as the moon
i had to snuff out
all the other lamps in the city
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (149)
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saamne aaina
rakh liya kijiye
as you get ready
to criticize others
keep a mirror
handy
Theme: Miscellany (44)
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khairaat mein itni baDi
daulat nahi milti
when there is no boldness in the heart
love cannot be obtained
in alms, such a treasure
cannot be obtained
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na ibtida ki khabar hai
na inteha maaloom
heard the story of life
but from the middle
don’t know how it started
nor know where it will end
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kahin zameen
kahin aasmaan nahi milta
nobody ever
gets the entire world
sometimes the earth
sometimes the sky…you don’t get
Theme: Time, Life & Learning (139)
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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 (139)
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do gaz zameen bhi na mili
kuu-e-yaar mein
how unfortunate is zafar
for his burial
couldn’t get two yards of ground
in the lane of his beloved
Theme: Time, Life & Learning (139)
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naaz uThaane ko
hum rah gaye?
she is friendly
with all others
only i am left
to bear her whims and airs?
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (115)
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warna seedha tha
raasta dil ka
you came by
the way of the world
else, the path of the heart
is pretty straightforward
Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (67)
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woh sochta hai to
mujhko sunaayi deta hai
sometimes, he
grants such access
when he thinks
i can hear him
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (149)
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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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jaise beemar ko
be-wajh qaraar aa jaaye
like the gentle breeze
flowing through the deserts
like how the sick
unexpectedly get relief
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hum abhi se kyun bataayen
kya hamaare dil mein hai
let the time come and
i will show you, oh world
why should i tell you now
what’s in my heart
Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (67)
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bahut aayenge patthar
dekh lena
you made your house
with glass, 'aazar'
just watch...
many stones will come at it
Theme: Miscellany (44)
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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 (115)
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kitni aahista
aur kitni tez
watch
the pace of revolution, firaq
how deliberate
and, yet, how swift
Theme: Oppression, Rebellion, & Freedom (68)
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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
Anonymous
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mere bachche mujhe
buDha nahi hone dete
the mountain of needs
won’t let me get tired
my children
won’t let me grow old
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (149)
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rang dekho
ghareeb khane ka
my beloved made a promise
to come
just look at how this humble abode
has turned so colorful
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (149)
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