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jab yaad ham aa jaayen,
milne ki dua karna
as you leave, goodbye, but
a small request of you
when i come to your mind
do pray for us to meet again
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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
cruelty, tyranny
oppressed
world
terrorist
Theme: Oppression, Rebellion, & Freedom (61)
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main jis makaan mein rehta hoon
usko ghar kar de
oh god, make me
a trustworthy person
and the house in which i live
make it my home
Theme: Home, Country, & Belonging (30)
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4 / 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
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vo aaj le hi gaya, aur
'zafar' se kuchh na hua
i will not give her my heart,
i kept telling myself
she walked away with it today,
and zafar was helpless
always
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (110)
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6 / 25 : Featured
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
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (116)
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7 / 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 (79)
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8 / 25 : Featured
rahne de
mahv-e-lazzat-e-zauq-e-khabar mujhe
oh messenger, her note
do not read it yet
let me savor this moment
of joy that she wrote to me
1962: Padma Bhushan
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9 / 25 : Featured
vo phool khil ke rahenge
jo khilne waale hain
let a thousand lightnings struck
let many storms rise...
those flowers will keep blooming
that are given to blooming
Theme: Hopes, Aspirations, & Dreams (37)
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10 / 25 : Featured
kisi bhi samt ho
lekin safar zaroori hai
it is important to have a path
that stretches far in sight
no matter which direction
the journey is a must
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haa’el yaqeen ilm mein ho
mujh ko Dar ye hai
you revel in the thought
that only your faith is perfect
but my fear is that this stands
in the way of your learning
complete, full
truth, faith
happy, delusional
obstruct
faith, belief
knowledge, learning
Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (71)
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har fard hai millat ke
muqaddar ka sitaara
the destiny of the nation
lies in the hands of its people
every person is a pointer
to the fate of the nation
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tu ne vaada kiya tha
yaad to kar
your constraints
are understandable, but...
you made a promise
please remember that
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (140)
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aayi hai january
to december chala gaya
a moment of closeness
and then a year of waiting again
january has come
but december has gone
moment, nurture
waiting
closeness, vicinity
years, year
Theme: Miscellany (44)
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achhi achhi poshaaken hain
achhi suurat wale hain
i could not get to see her,
otherwise, the streets of the city
are filled with good-looking women
in beautiful clothes
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (110)
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main ne ye jaana ke
goya ye bhi mere dil mein hai
see the charm of his speech
as what he said, i figured
resonates within me
as if it is in my heart too
Theme: Voice, Expression, & Language (79)
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zinda rahna hai to
tarkeeben bahut saari rakho
keep water in your eyes
and a spark on your lips
to stay alive
have many methods at hand
eyes, eye
lips
spark, ember
methods, mechanisms
Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (130)
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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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har ek pal guzar gaya
banaake dil pe ik nishaan
each moment passed by
while in search of a past moment
each moment passed by
leaving a mark on the heart
moment, nurture
search, look for
pass through, spent
sign, river, mark
Theme: Miscellany (44)
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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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mujhe sab saunp kar
sooraj utar jaata hai paani mein
sad evening, loneliness, longing
and the restlessness of memories
the sun sets in the water
entrusting me with everything
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apne hi ghar mein
ajnabi ki tarah
the tragedy is that
people stay
in their own homes
as strangers
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (140)
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ke tere marz ka ilaaj
mehfil hai doston ki
feeling my pulse
my doctor smiled and said
the cure for your illness
is a party with friends
Anonymous
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jo dil pe guzarti hai raqam
karte rahenge
we will keep nurturing
the pen and the paper
we will continue to capture
that which flows through our heart
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