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khwaab hi khwaabkab talak dekhun

kaash tujh ko bhi

ek jhalak dekhun

for how long can i

only dream and dream

if only i could get

a real glimpse of you

Obaidullah Aleem (2)
khwaab (m) (16)

dream

kaash (4)

if only

jhalak (m) (1)

moment, glimpse

Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (124)

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to intezaar mein baiTha

huaa huun shaam se main

that moon told me this and left

that she will come out today

i am here all evening

waiting in anticipation

shaam (f) (23)

evening

intezaar (m) (22)

waiting

chaand (m) (10)

moon

come out, rise

baiTha (m) (2)

sitting

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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

gumnaam (m) (1)

anonymous, unknown

faasla (m) (7)

distance

famous, well-known

rishta (m) (5)

relationship

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4 / 25 : Featured

jab se chale hain ghar se

musalsal safar mein hain

what am i in quest of?

under whose influence am i?

since the time i left home

i’ve been continuously traveling

talaash (f) (9)

quest, search

asar (m) (7)

effect, impact

musalsal (m) (3)

continuous, always, constant

safar (m) (27)

journey, travel

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5 / 25 : Featured

mil jaaye toh miTTi hain

kho jaaye toh sona hai

that which is called life

is but a bizarre toy

what we get is dirt

what we lose is gold

2013: Padma Shri

1998: Sahitya Akademi

duniya (m) (27)

world

jaadu (m) (2)

magic, magical, bizarre

khilona (m) (2)

toy

miTTi (f) (3)

soil, dirt, mud

sona (m) (1)

gold

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ki dil ko yaar toh

dil yaar ko pasand hua

rarely did it happen in love

such a beauty of luck

when heart loved the beloved

and beloved the heart

Anonymous

husn (m) (21)

beauty

ishq (m) (34)

love

ittefaaq (m) (1)

luck, coincidence, unity

pasand (f) (5)

liking

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7 / 25 : Featured

zara aap ko

zahmat hogi

under your feet

there is a heart

if it is not

too inconvenient

paanv (m) (6)

feet

zahmat (f) (1)

bother, inconvenience

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8 / 25 : Featured

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

Parveen Shakir (19)
mausam (m) (6)

weather, season

raas (1)

suitable

miTTi (f) (3)

soil, dirt, mud

revolt, rebellion

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9 / 25 : Featured

us ko bhi bahattar kyun

ghilman na diya hota

it is possible you are in hell

and your wife is in heaven

why doesn’t she also get

72 handsome young men?

jannat (f) (10)

heaven

mumkin (8)

possible

dozakh (m) (5)

hell

bibi (f) (1)

wife

bahattar (m) (1)

seventy two

ghilman (m) (1)

handsome boys

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jab tujhe

ek nazar dekha tha

i remembered

those first showers

when i

caught a glimpse of you

yaad (m) (38)

memory, remember

baarish (f) (5)

rain

pehli (f) (1)

first

nazar (f) (36)

perspective, sight

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11 / 25 : Featured

wan ek khaamoshi teri

sab ke jawaab mein

millions of words

in turmoil on my lip

and your reply for them all

is just silence

lab (m) (19)

lip, lips

sukhan (m) (9)

speech, spoken words

khaamoshi (f) (4)

silence

sab (16)

all

jawaab (m) (7)

answer, reply

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12 / 25 : Featured

jis ko ho deen-o-dil azeez

us ki gali mein jaaye kyun

yes, she is not a believer

yes, she is unfaithful too

if you so value faith and heart

then why keep going to her street

gali (f) (8)

street

khuda-parast (m) (1)

believerinGod

bewafa (m) (5)

unfaithful, disloyal

deen (m) (1)

faith

azeez (2)

precious, rare

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13 / 25 : Featured

beqaraari tujhe, ai dil

kabhi aisi to na thi

who has taken away your

patience and peace today?

o heart, you were never

this restless before

pulled away

sabr (m) (4)

patience, endurance

beqaraari (f) (3)

restlessness

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14 / 25 : Featured

kuch aur thak gaya hoon

aaraam karte karte

it was essential to get tired

while doing some work

i was even more exhausted

while resting

laazmi (2)

necessary

aaraam (m) (3)

rest

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15 / 25 : Featured

saath abr-e-baharaan ke

woh zulf bhi lehraaye

it's not just the season of flowers

that has intoxicated the crazed

along with the spring clouds

her hair fluttered too

mausam (m) (6)

weather, season

gul (m) (22)

flower

behak (m) (2)

drunk

deewaane (m) (3)

crazy, mad people

abr (m) (6)

cloud, clouds

bahaar (f) (13)

spring

zulf (m) (7)

tresses (of a woman)

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16 / 25 : Featured

sambhalne mein

pareshani bahut hai

drunkenness is not

in my nature, but

practicing moderation

is quite difficult

fitrat (f) (2)

nature

to be drunk

pareshani (f) (1)

difficulty

Theme: Miscellany (44)

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17 / 25 : Featured

gulaab apni hi khushbu se

darne lagte hain

tormenting often are

the times of youth

the rose starts to fear

its own fragrance

aksar (7)

often

shabaab (m) (6)

youth

khushbu (f) (11)

fragrance

azaab (m) (1)

torment, punishment

ghadiyan (f) (1)

times, hours

gulaab (m) (5)

rose

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bhool jaaun main

aashna chehre ko

give me a medicine,

my healer

that let's me forget

my beloved’s face

bhool (f) (16)

forget, mistake

aashna (6)

familiar, friend, beloved

chaaragar (m) (2)

healer, doctor, physician

chehre (m) (7)

face, countenance

dava (m) (3)

medicine, cure

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log aise hi adaaon pe

fida hote hain

don’t flash your smiles

at all these men, miss

they fall so easily

for your mannerisms

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2013: India Commemorative Stamp

jaanib (m) (3)

towards

fida (m) (1)

drawn towards

adaaon (m) (2)

manners, manner, style

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20 / 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

himmat (f) (2)

courage

savaal (m) (3)

question

umr (m) (16)

life

ummeed (m) (10)

hope, expectation

javaab (m) (1)

answer, reply

guzri (3)

spent, passed

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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

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safar (m) (27)

journey, travel

apno (m) (2)

lovedones

talaash (f) (9)

quest, search

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tum se to itna ho sakta hai

poochho haal bechaaron ka

they won’t open their mouths

those who love you will say nothing

if it is possible for you, at least

ask the condition of the poor souls

zabaan (m) (13)

language, tongue

chup (10)

silent, quiet

aashiq (m) (5)

lover, fan

log (m) (13)

people

haal (m) (17)

plight, condition

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23 / 25 : Featured

aashiq ka janaaza hai

zara dhoom se nikle

let’s walk along as wishes

spring from the heart of the dead

it’s the funeral of a lover

let us celebrate with fanfare

chal (6)

moving, walking

hasrat (f) (12)

desire, mostly unmet

dil (m) (118)

heart

marhoom (m) (2)

dead

nikle (6)

emerge, come out

aashiq (m) (5)

lover, fan

janaaza (m) (3)

funeral procession

dhoom (m) (1)

blast, noise, uproar

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jo dosti yahi Thahri

to dushmani kya hai?

under the guise of loyalty

so much cruelty inflicted upon us

if this is friendship

what then is enmity?

wafaa (m) (6)

faithfulness

aad (m) (1)

cover, guise

jafaa (m) (4)

injustice, cruelty

dosti (f) (5)

friendship

dushmani (f) (2)

enmity

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agar mazloom kuchh bole to

dahshat-gard kahti hai

when countless cruelties are inflicted

on the oppressed, the world stays silent

but when the oppressed dare to speak out

it calls them terrorists

zulm (m) (12)

cruelty, tyranny

mazloom (m) (2)

oppressed

duniya (m) (27)

world

dahshat-gard (m) (1)

terrorist

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