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to samundar ki tarah
shor machaata kya hai
your experience so trivial
your existence so shallow
why do you create a furor
like a noisy sea
Theme: Miscellany (44)
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raag raag mein daudthi phirthi hai
nashtar liye hue
what can i say about
where love is and where it isn’t
it courses through every vein,
daggers drawn
1959: Sahitya Akademi
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (118)
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vo aaye to bhi neend
na aayi tamaam shab
even in union
the fear of separation all night
when my beloved comes
sleep escapes me all night
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4 / 25 : Featured
mera naara:
inquilaab-o inquilaab-o inquilaab
change is my mission
youth is my name
my slogan:
revolution, revolution, revolution
Theme: Oppression, Rebellion, & Freedom (61)
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5 / 25 : Featured
hum un se rishta-e-dil
ustuvaar karte rahe
i never complained about
the separation for this reason
i kept nurturing this
relationship of the heart with her
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6 / 25 : Featured
gul ho gulshan ho
aur tu bhi ho
the season of clouds,
a flask of wine too
the rose, the garden
and you too
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7 / 25 : Featured
main dil ko us mukaam
pe laata chala gaya
where the difference between
joy and sorrow is not felt
i kept taking my heart to
that place again and again
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8 / 25 : Featured
shaayad kaheen
tumhaara dil in dinon laga hai
o mir, you keep roaming
away from everyone else
perhaps you have your heart
set on someone these days?
Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (66)
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9 / 25 : Featured
abhi qayaamat ka ik karishma
haya ke daaman mein pal rahaa hai
in the simplicity of your manners
no one can even sense
the miracle of an apocalypse being
nurtured in the lap of your modesty
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10 / 25 : Featured
tu shaheen hai basera kar
pahaaDon ki chattanon mein
your place is not on
the dome of the royal palace
you are an eagle, find your
place on the rocks of the mountain
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11 / 25 : Featured
ibtidaa hai
kisi kahaani ki
that which you think
is the ending
is perhaps the start
of another story
Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (132)
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12 / 25 : Featured
aashufta dil, farefta dil
beqaraar dil
may the creator not give
the world a heart like mine
a troubled heart, a captivated one,
a restless one
in the world
guardian, sustainer
heart
distressed
charmed, seduced
restless
Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (66)
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13 / 25 : Featured
mazaa har ek leta hai
mohabbat karta hai kaun
what is urdu
but a courtesan in a brothel
everyone has fun with her
but who loves her really?
love
brothel
prostitute, courtesan
fun, delight
Theme: Voice, Expression, & Language (81)
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14 / 25 : Featured
khaana-e-yaar ka
tawaaf karo
in this revered heart
is the temple and mosque
worship by going around
this abode of the beloved
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sambhalne mein
pareshani bahut hai
drunkenness is not
in my nature, but
practicing moderation
is quite difficult
Theme: Miscellany (44)
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16 / 25 : Featured
abhi chaar kaanTe chhube nahin
tere sab iraade badal gaye?
how come this stalling in the path?
what happened to your will and zeal?
not even four thorns have pricked you
and all your intentions have changed?
Anonymous
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17 / 25 : Featured
dushman bhi mere haal pe
ab aab-deeda hai
if you can’t pity me,
my friend, what can i do?
for even the enemy weeps,
listening to my fate
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par diwali bhi ajab
pakeeza-tar tyohaar hai
in dussehra too
there is joy and beauty, nazir
but diwali is
uniquely and purely joyous
Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (72)
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19 / 25 : Featured
aur woh samjhe nahin
ye khaamoshi kya cheez hai
i couldn’t get the words out,
telling her of my heart’s state
nor could she understand
what my silence meant
Theme: Voice, Expression, & Language (81)
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20 / 25 : Featured
mumkin naheen ki
shaam-e-alam ki sahar na ho
may this short-sighted heart
not remain without hope
it cannot be the night of sorrow
has no dawn
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21 / 25 : Featured
jaane na jaane gul hi na jaane
baagh to saara jaane hai
every leaf, every plant
knows my feelings
the whole garden knows them,
even if the flower doesn't
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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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ek qayaamat hai
deedawar hona
to be always aware
of every possible calamity
it is indeed a calamity
to be so aware (and fearful)
Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (132)
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kiraae ke ghar the
badalte rahe
love, hatred
faithfulness, indifference
it was a rented house
kept changing
Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (66)
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chalo tum udhar ko
hava ho jidhar ki
the boat doesn’t travel
in one direction always
let’s sail wherever
the wind takes us
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