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yeh zameen chaand se behtar
nazar aati hai hamen
when life brings me to
your gathering
this earth looks to me
more beautiful than the moon
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ilm ki inteha hai
khaamoshi
the beginning of knowledge
commotion
the end of knowledge
silence
silence
beginning
commotion, uproar
ending, finale
Theme: Creativity, Philosophy, & Enlightenment (41)
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tera aansu mere
rumaal mein aa jata hai
my eyes are aware
of your weeping
and your tears find
their way into my handkerchief
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (149)
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be-mohabbat bewafa
begana-e-ahbab ho
when i told her…
you are unfair, act unfamiliar,
with no love, unfaithful,
a strange friend indeed
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dil laga kar hum to
pachhtaaye bahut
many wounds i bore,
many scars did i sustain
getting my heart entangled
i regretted a lot
Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (67)
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ghar ke andar
baDa andhera tha
the courtyard was
brightly lit
but the house inside
was pretty dark
Theme: Home, Country, & Belonging (32)
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aur dil ki dhaDkanon se bhi
ghabra raha huun main
there is this love
who’s street i am going to
and i am terrified
of my own heartbeat
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (125)
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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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mohabbat jis se ho
bas wo haseen hai
don’t look to me
for praise of beauty
whoever i am in love with
my beloved is beautiful
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qaatil ko jo na Toke
woh qaatil ke saath hai
one who doesn't stop a tyrant
is guilty of tyranny also
one who doesn't stop the murderer
is an accomplice in the murder too
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yaad rahta naheen
bhool jaana use
i remember
everything…but
i fail to remember
to forget him
Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (67)
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abhi to log taraste hain
zindagi ke liye
where this love and passion
where this separation and union
right now, people just
long for life
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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 (82)
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basthi ka har charaagh
bujhana pada hamein
for me to shine my lamp
as the moon
i had to snuff out
all the other lamps in the city
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (149)
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aadatan ham ne
etibaar kiya
by habit
you made promises
by habit
i trusted you
trust
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (149)
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phir is ke baad
thoda muqaddar talaash kar
work hard too, keep faith too
find a path too
after all this...
look for a little luck
quest, search
attempt, effort
hope, expectation
fate, fortune
Theme: Grit, Resilience, & Courage (61)
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jaan kaalbad-e-soorat-e-deewar
mein aawe
in the gathering where you come
speaking with grace
life takes form
and appears all around
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qissa jo yahaan ka hai
to phir tai bhi yaheen ho
why postpone the verdict
of justice until after death
whatever account is of here
let it be settled right here
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warna duniya mein
kya naheen hota
you were not mine
in any form
else, what couldn't
have happened in this world
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (125)
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ek aurat ka dard
kya jaano
you too, after all, are a man
what do you know?
about a woman’s pain
what do you know?
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bulbul ab jaan
hatheli pe liye baiThi hai
whether it is the hunter's approach
or dread of autumn
the nightingale waits, afraid,
holding its life in its palms
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naseem-e-subh jo chhu jaaye
rang ho maila
you should see, insha,
the lovely flower's daintiness
the whiff of morning breeze
dims its hue
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aur main saada
use lutf-e-zabaani samjha
she scolded me,
her words sharp with anger
i, in my innocence,
found it delightfully eloquent
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mumkin hi nahi lagta
ai dost, tujhe paanaa
arriving like a dream, and
leaving with fragrance behind
it seems impossible, my friend,
to find someone like you
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (149)
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dard kam ho ya zyaada ho
magar ho to sahi
let love’s hurt have
some effect on the heart
whether the pain is less or more,
let there at least be some
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