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magar ye dariyaa
mujhe tairna sikhaata hai
though, every day
it tests my patience
yet, this river
teaches me to swim
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2 / 25 : Featured
asir hone ki
aazaad aarzoo karte
should they see the world of
shackles of your tresses
even free men would
desire to be held hostage
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woh ek diya bujhaa to
saikDon diye jala gaya
the wind of tyranny wonders
what vortex it finds itself in
as it snuffs out one lamp
a thousand lamps get lit
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4 / 25 : Featured
yeh hi mumkin tha
itni ujlat me
the result of creation
is this ruined world
this was all that was possible
in such haste
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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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6 / 25 : Featured
ruuTh kar vaqt ganvaane ki
zaroorat kya hai
as it is, life is
too short for loving
why get upset and
waste it all away
Anonymous
Theme: Time, Life & Learning (139)
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7 / 25 : Featured
shaam ko phir
use kaandhon pe uTha laate hain
in the morning, i take my
funeral procession out from my home
only to bring it back
on my shoulders each evening
morning, dawn
funeral procession
evening
shoulders
Theme: Grit, Resilience, & Courage (62)
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8 / 25 : Featured
mujhe paamaal raston
ka safar achcha naheen lagta
where everybody goes
i don’t like going there
on the trodden path
i don’t like to travel
Theme: Quest, Journey, & Destination (56)
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jo zinda hun to phir
zinda nazar aana zaroori hai
if principles are under attack
it is necessary to fight back
if i am alive
i must act so
Theme: Time, Life & Learning (139)
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10 / 25 : Featured
woh tifl kya girega jo
ghuTnon ke bal chale
only the skilled horsemen
fall in the battlefield
how can a weakling fall
that still crawls on its knees?
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11 / 25 : Featured
kuch ummeed-e-javaab
mein guzri
some time in life has gone
in finding the courage to ask
the rest was spent
waiting for an answer
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12 / 25 : Featured
apne apne
kaanon mein baT jaate hain
just like that
those living in the same home
become isolated
in their own private spaces
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (126)
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13 / 25 : Featured
shauq-e-talab ne dil ko
sanam-khaana kar diya
my religion is not
one of worshiping idols
my passion for seeking has
turned my heart into a temple
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14 / 25 : Featured
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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15 / 25 : Featured
aah karta huun to
sayyaad khafa hota hai
if i restrain myself and submit
i suffocate in this cage
if i sigh and complain
my captor becomes irate
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16 / 25 : Featured
hai is mein ek tilism
tamanna kahen jise
the thoughts of a dream
that which we call the world
in this there is a spell
that which we call desire
Theme: Time, Life & Learning (139)
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17 / 25 : Featured
kisi se kuchh na kaha
bas udaas rehne lage
great people they were
when broken, bore it with dignity
not a word to anyone
just turned quietly sad
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (126)
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aksar bigaD ke khud
meri haalat sambhal gayi
i am grateful for
the ups and downs of the world
often, my situation goes awry
before it corrects itself
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19 / 25 : Featured
chalegaa paani magar
kinaara naheen chalegaa
since eternity, both have
remained firm in their stances
the water keeps moving, but
the shore stays where it is
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20 / 25 : Featured
wo lab-e-ney
nawaaz kya jaane
that passes through
the heart of the flute
what do the lips
the caress it know?
Anonymous
Theme: Voice, Expression, & Language (82)
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21 / 25 : Featured
aye jaane wafa
yeh zulm na kar
tyranny for loved ones
kindness for strangers
o faithful one
be not so cruel
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aur kuchh meri miTTi mein
baghaawat bhi bahut thi
something about your weather
did not suit me well
and in my own soil, perhaps
there was too much rebellion
Theme: Oppression, Rebellion, & Freedom (69)
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kya sabab hai
aap ghar jaate nahi
saw your photo
in the newspaper
what is the reason
you don’t seem to go home
Theme: Time, Life & Learning (139)
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dhool chehre pe thi
aur aaina saaf karta raha
all through life, ghalib,
kept making the same mistake
the dust was on my face, but
kept cleaning the mirror
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barg-e-gul ki tarah
har naakhun moattar ho gaya
what body it must be
when i untie the drawstrings
like the petals of a flower
my nails smell of perfume too
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