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jab bure waqt pe dekha to
koyi yaar na tha
who wasn't i friends with?
who didn't i love dearly?
in my days of misfortune,
i didn't have a single friend
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (139)
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ab woh
raanaai-e-khayaal kahaan
that was triggered by
imagining a person
where is that
fantasy now?
person, individual
thoughts
imagination
fantasy
Theme: Creativity, Philosophy, & Enlightenment (40)
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jis mein ek bhi ghar
nahi mere naam ka
my heart is like
a big, busy city
in which not even
one house is in my name
Theme: Home, Country, & Belonging (30)
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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: Life, Learning, & Living (127)
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5 / 25 : Featured
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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6 / 25 : Featured
aqrabaa mere
karen qatl ka daavaa kis par
he's the murderer, the martyr
and he the judge remains
oh kinsmen of mine,
who shall we accuse of the murder?
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7 / 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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8 / 25 : Featured
koyi nahi tera, to meri jaan,
khuda hai
with people’s indifference
don’t be dismayed, ghalib
if in the world you have none,
so be it, there is god for you
god
indifference, estranged
creation, people
disheartened, dismayed
Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (70)
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9 / 25 : Featured
bahte dariyaa to chalenge
isi raftaar ke saath
if you have the courage
unfurl the sails of your boat
the flowing river
will continue at its own pace
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10 / 25 : Featured
noor afshaan hai
jamaal-e-rukh-e-farda ki tarah
even in today’s
oppressive darkness, i feel
the light is spreading
like the beautiful face of the future
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11 / 25 : Featured
dil se to pooch lijiye
kyun beqaraar hai
with some trick
you explained it to me
but please ask my heart
why it is still restless
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log saath aate gaye
aur kaarwaan banta gaya
i started alone
towards the destination
people kept joining
a caravan started forming
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13 / 25 : Featured
ek tera husn
ek mera ye ishq
both are essential
and both everlasting
one, your beauty
and this love of mine
Anonymous
necessary
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (108)
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14 / 25 : Featured
kinaare se kabhi
andaaza-e-toofan nahin hota
those who watch the spectacle
of the storm from the shore
from the shore, will never
understand the storm’s fury
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15 / 25 : Featured
if i can get
through myself
i can get through
any calamity
Theme: Grit, Resilience, & Courage (58)
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faqat zauq-e-parwaaz
hai zindagi
you think
life is a mystery
life is just
a desire to fly
Theme: Hopes, Aspirations, & Dreams (37)
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17 / 25 : Featured
majnoon maraa tha jise
aazaar hai vahee
feeling my pulse
the doctor told me
that which killed Majnu
your ailment is the same
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (118)
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ab us parinday ki dil se
pinjra nikalna hai
i got a bird
out of a cage
now i have to take the cage
out of the bird’s heart
Theme: Oppression, Rebellion, & Freedom (61)
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19 / 25 : Featured
give time for
your relationships
world has seen taj mahal
mumtaj did not
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Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (139)
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kinaare se kabhi
andaaza-e-toofan nahi hota
to understand love
you should first fall in love
from the shore, how can you
ever get a sense of the storm
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21 / 25 : Featured
ishq-o-junoon ki aag
jo dil mein jawaan na ho
the decorations and adornments
of beauty and living are useless
unless the fires of love and passion
are young and burning in the heart
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (113)
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main ne phoolon se
zakhm khaaye hain
people walk along,
surviving the thorns
but here i am,
wounded by flowers
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Theme: Nature, World & Universe (50)
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23 / 25 : Featured
zindagi ik
ajab paheli hai
time unfolded
moment by moment
life is indeed
a strange riddle
Theme: Miscellany (44)
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tum sab se maazrat
ke tabeeyaat udaas hai
worry about livelihood, my heart's lament
and thoughts of my beloved
i beg your forgiveness
but am a bit melacholic today
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tu parda-nasheen ka aashiq hai
yuun nam-e-wafa barbaad na kar
if the heart burns, let it burn
do not shed tears, do not complain
you are in love with someone hidden
do not waste the name of loyalty like this
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