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hairaan huun is qadar kishab-e-wasl bhi mujhe

tu saamne hai

aur tera intezaar hai

i am so surprised

in this evening of union

you are in front of me

yet i am still waiting for you

Mushafi Ghulam Hamdani (6)
hairaan (4)

agitated, surprised

qadar (m) (8)

amount of, degree

shab (f) (16)

evening, night

wasl (m) (7)

meeting, union

saamne (13)

in front of, opposite

intezaar (m) (22)

waiting

Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (115)

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na ibtida ki khabar hai

na inteha maaloom

heard the story of life

but from the middle

don’t know how it started

nor know where it will end

hikaayat (f) (1)

story, tale

hasti (f) (3)

life, existence, being

darmiyaan (f) (5)

between

ibtida (m) (2)

beginning

khabar (f) (13)

news, awareness

inteha (m) (4)

ending, finale

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faaltu aql mujh mein

thi hi naheen

in religious debates

i did not participate

useless smarts

i did not have in me

religious

behas (m) (1)

debate, argue

faaltu (m) (1)

useless, pointless

aql (m) (6)

reason, intellect

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tu ne kabhi dushman se

lipaT kar nahi dekha

you have only been waving

this dagger of hate

you haven't tried ever

embracing your enemy

sirf (4)

only

dashna (m) (1)

dagger

nafrat (f) (1)

hate

kabhi (27)

on occasion

dushman (m) (7)

enemy

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tujh ko dekhe

mere nazar se koyi

what is it

that is lacking in you

someone ought to see

you with my eyes

1987: Sahitya Akademi

2008: Jnanpith

nazar (f) (35)

perspective, sight

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mulla, gul-e-urdu ki mehak

aur hi kuchh hai

every flower of indian literature

has a wonderful scent

but the fragrance of urdu, mulla,

is something else

bazm (m) (12)

assembly, gathering

adab (m) (1)

culture

hind (m) (1)

india

gul (m) (21)

flower

khushbu (f) (11)

fragrance

mehak (m) (2)

fragrance, scent

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aur kabhi qatra samundar mein

badal jaata hai

even a river can get

trapped and confined in a jar

and, a drop of water can get

transformed when part of an ocean

band (7)

string, hostage, captive

kuuze (m) (1)

jar

kabhi (27)

on occasion

dariyaa (m) (14)

river

qatra (m) (5)

drop, drop of water

samundar (m) (7)

sea, ocean

badal (m) (5)

change

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ki har zarre ne mujhe tumse

milaane ki saazish ki hai

with so much dedication

did i strive and struggle to win you

that every atom of the universe

conspired to help me achieve it

shiddat (f) (2)

intensity, dedication, devotion

paane (2)

to get, to gain

koshish (f) (3)

attempt, effort

zarre (m) (1)

particle, atom

saazish (f) (1)

conspiracy

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kha gaya shahr use

kehte hain deewani thi

wilderness was in her eyes

and in her voice, desolation

the city exhausted her

and called her a mad one

Poonam Meera (1)
dasht (m) (5)

wilderness, desert

aawaaz (m) (3)

voice

veerani (f) (1)

desolation

deewani (f) (1)

mad person

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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

aankhen (m) (7)

eyes

khuda (m) (31)

god

husn (m) (21)

beauty

yaar (19)

friend, beloved

naqaab (m) (5)

face veil

rukh (m) (13)

face, direction

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is dil mein aag thi?

mere talve jhulaas gaye

after trampling me

she asks amusedly

was your heart on fire?

for my soles are seared

paamaal (m) (2)

trample, trodden

adaa (m) (3)

style, grace

talve (m) (1)

soles

jhulaas (m) (1)

seared, burnt

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mushkil bahut hai un ko

jo rakhte hain aagahi

sauda, the ignorant

enjoy the most here

it is difficult for those

who are aware

sauda (m) (2)

business, barter, trade

ignorant, clueless

aish (f) (7)

fun, frolic

mushkil (m) (8)

difficult, hard

aagahi (f) (4)

awareness

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wahi duniya

badalte ja rahe hain

those who keep growing,

braving the storms

those are the ones

that keep changing the world

1959: Sahitya Akademi

toofanon (m) (1)

storms, cyclones

rahe (21)

remain

duniya (m) (27)

world

change

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duuriyaan majbuuriyaan

tanhaaiyaan

life perhaps

is just this

distances, compulsions

loneliness

zindagi (f) (41)

life

perhaps, maybe

distances

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humne kaunsi sadiyan

guzarni hai yahan

why is life teaching me

so many lessons?

how many ages am I

going to spend here?

zindagi (f) (41)

life

sadiyan (f) (2)

generations, ages

guzarni (f) (1)

spend

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rang dekho

ghareeb khane ka

my beloved made a promise

to come

just look at how this humble abode

has turned so colorful

vaada (m) (5)

promise

rang (m) (14)

color, colors

home of the poor

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qaasid ki laash aayi

khat ke jawaab mein

in my restlessness

i don’t know what i wrote to her

in reply came

the corpse of the messenger

izteraab (m) (5)

restlessness

qaasid (m) (6)

messenger, envoy

khat (f) (7)

letter

laash (f) (1)

corpse

jawaab (m) (6)

answer, reply

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tu ne vaada kiya tha

yaad to kar

your constraints

are understandable, but...

you made a promise

please remember that

majbooriyan (f) (1)

constraints

durust (1)

accurate, proper, just

vaada (m) (5)

promise

yaad (m) (36)

memory, remember

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ye naav kaun si hai

ye dariyaa kahan ka hai

the mountain of needs

won’t let me get tired

my children

won’t let me grow old

aks (m) (4)

reflection

aasmaan (m) (17)

sky

naav (m) (2)

boat

dariyaa (m) (14)

river

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har tabassum ek toofan

har nazar ek inquilaab

youth is an apocalypse

so is youthful vigor

every smile a storm

every glance a revolution

qayaamat (f) (9)

catastrophe, apocalypse

shabaab (m) (6)

youth

tabassum (m) (5)

smile

toofan (m) (9)

storm, cyclone

nazar (f) (35)

perspective, sight

inquilaab (m) (7)

revolution

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rooyi ki tarah uD jaayenge

hum dekhenge

when the mighty mountains

of tyranny and oppression

fly away like clumps of cotton

we shall see

zulm (m) (12)

cruelty, tyranny

sitam (m) (12)

tyranny, cruelty

koh (m) (4)

mountain

garan (1)

heavy

rooyi (f) (1)

cotton

tarah (17)

type, like, similar to

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yoon to har mod pe

manzil ka gumaan hota hai

for the seeker

the journey never ends

though at every turn

the delusion of destination

manzil (f) (24)

goal, destination

safar (m) (27)

journey, travel

justajoo (m) (1)

quest, longing

gumaan (m) (5)

suspicion, doubt

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main apne saaye se kal raat

Dar gaya yaaro

a strange incident happened

to me last night, my friends

i got scared

of my own shadow

1987: Sahitya Akademi

2008: Jnanpith

ajeeb (8)

strange, weird

saaneha (m) (1)

incident, disaster

saaye (m) (1)

shadow

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to kya, tum mere dil ke

aur bhi kareeb ho gaye ho

even though you are

far away from my sight

so what, you have come

even closer to my heart

1999: Sahitya Akademi

1999: Padma Shri

agarche (m) (2)

although

nazron (m) (2)

sight

kareeb (m) (1)

closer

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woh zindagi hai jo

kaanTon ke darmiyaan guzre

the company of flowers

is indeed beautiful

but that is life which

happens amid thorns

1959: Sahitya Akademi

haseen (10)

beautiful

sohbaten (f) (1)

company, association

gulon (m) (2)

flowers

magar (29)

yet, but

zindagi (f) (41)

life

kaanTon (m) (2)

thorns

darmiyaan (f) (5)

between

guzre (4)

transpires, passes

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