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kitne pyaare hain
mujhe chhoD ke jaane waale
those who embrace me tightly
every time we meet
how loving they are…those who
leave me behind eventually
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (148)
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ye qaafila bhi
naql-e-makaani mein kho gaya
never could the wave of tears
reach the eyes
this caravan too,
got lost in the migration
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aankhon ne meri
meel ka patthar nahi dekha
from the time i started walking
my sights were fixed on the goal
my eyes didn’t notice
the milestones along the way
perspective, sight
stone
goal, destination
mile
Theme: Quest, Journey, & Destination (55)
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4 / 25 : Featured
na hoti mohabbat
na hota zuhoor
from gloom, love drew
the radiance of light
without love
there is no sight
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5 / 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
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (120)
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6 / 25 : Featured
meri tanhaai ko bas
tera pata yaad aaya
whenever i got respite
from the commotion of this world
my solitude bent
towards memories of you
leisure, freedom
commotion, uproar
solitude, loneliness
address, whereabouts
Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (66)
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7 / 25 : Featured
shikast kha ke woh
pani mein zahr Daal aaya
what a strange passion
this thirst for revenge is
after being defeated,
he returned, poisoning the water
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8 / 25 : Featured
ruuh bulbul ki
iraada rakhti hai parwaaz ka
having cut the wings,
may the hunter not rest content
the soul of the nightingale
is set on flying
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9 / 25 : Featured
jab ruu-ba-ruu ho
tere guftaar bhool jaave
what, abroo, you think of
a thousand things to say
but when face-to-face,
you can't remember a thing
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10 / 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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11 / 25 : Featured
ghar ke andar
baDa andhera tha
the courtyard was
brightly lit
but the house inside
was pretty dark
Theme: Home, Country, & Belonging (31)
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12 / 25 : Featured
ajeeb log hain
deewaane hona chaahte hain
all wish to be
moths to a flame
strange people…
all seeking to be mad
Theme: Time, Life & Learning (133)
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13 / 25 : Featured
gham se pathar ho gaya
lekin kabhi roya nahin
i too know of
one such person, ‘muneer’
whom sorrow has turned into a stone
but he never shed a tear
Theme: Grit, Resilience, & Courage (60)
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14 / 25 : Featured
jo kisi ke kaam na aa sakey
main vo ek musht-e-gubaar huun
am not the light of anyone’s eyes
nor offer comfort to any heart
could not be of value to anyone
was just a handful of dust
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15 / 25 : Featured
dariyaa se ye moti nikla tha
dariyaa hi mein ja kar Doob gaya
heart was loyal to its desire
anxious, went to see its beloved
the pearl came out of the river
but drowned in the river itself
Anonymous
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16 / 25 : Featured
aaj tak hosh naheen,
hosh naheen, hosh naheen
once i drank a cup
from those intoxicating eyes
till now, i am not conscious
not conscious, not conscious
1959: Sahitya Akademi
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17 / 25 : Featured
meherbaan hai woh magar
na-aashnaa-e-zakhm hai
the healer, for comfort’s sake,
placed his hand on my heart
he is kind, but he is
not familiar with my ailment
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is bahaane se magar
dekh li duniya hum ne
what i was looking for
i could not get
but in chasing that desire,
i got to see the world
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jo kho gaya main
usko bhulaataa chala gaya
that which i got in life
i thought of it as my good fate
those that i lost
i moved on, forgetting them
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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 (133)
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21 / 25 : Featured
nahi visaal mayassar
to aarzoo hi sahi
if the destination is not in sight
the quest is the way
if union with the beloved is not possible
just the desire is the way
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hota kuch agar hosh to
maikhaane na jaate
the foolish preacher
invites me into the mosque
if i have any sense, won’t i
find my way to the taverns?
Anonymous
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jo din guzar gaye
unko ginaa na kar
count on the seasons
yet to come
and count not
the days that have passed
Anonymous
weather, season
count, tally
pass through, spent
count
Theme: Miscellany (44)
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husn-e-khayaal-e-yaar ne
deewaana kar diya
it made me indifferent
to every thought of the world
beauty of the thoughts of my beloved
has driven me crazy indeed
Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (66)
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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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