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zindagi jab bhi terebazm mein laati hai hamen

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

Shahryar (13)

1987: Sahitya Akademi

2008: Jnanpith

zindagi (f) (45)

life

bazm (m) (13)

assembly, gathering

zameen (m) (14)

ground, earth, land

chaand (m) (10)

moon

behtar (6)

better

nazar (f) (36)

perspective, sight

Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (149)

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ilm ki inteha hai

khaamoshi

the beginning of knowledge

commotion

the end of knowledge

silence

khaamoshi (f) (4)

silence

ibtida (m) (2)

beginning

hungaama (m) (3)

commotion, uproar

inteha (m) (4)

ending, finale

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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

khabar (f) (13)

news, awareness

aankhen (m) (7)

eyes

aansu (m) (6)

tears

rumaal (m) (1)

handkerchief

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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

zakhm (m) (18)

wound, injury

daagh (m) (8)

scars, stains

dil (m) (118)

heart

regret, repent

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ghar ke andar

baDa andhera tha

the courtyard was

brightly lit

but the house inside

was pretty dark

raushni (f) (10)

light, brightness

aangan (m) (1)

courtyard

andhera (m) (3)

darkness

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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

ishq (m) (34)

love

gali (f) (8)

street

dhaDkanon (m) (1)

beats

ghabra (3)

scared, terrified

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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

ehsaas (m) (4)

feeling, experience

hasti (f) (4)

life, existence, being

paayaab (m) (1)

shallow, knee-deep

make noise

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

husn (m) (21)

beauty

haseen (11)

beautiful

mohabbat (f) (42)

love

poocho (1)

ask

tareef (m) (1)

praise, acclaim

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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

1971: Padma Shri

2013: Commemorative Stamp India

zaalim (m) (8)

oppressor, tyrant

roke (2)

stop

shaamil (m) (4)

tobepresent

zulm (m) (13)

cruelty, tyranny

qaatil (m) (10)

murderer, assassin

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yaad rahta naheen

bhool jaana use

i remember

everything…but

i fail to remember

to forget him

Anjali Banga (1)
yaad (m) (39)

memory, remember

bhool (f) (16)

forget, mistake

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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

ishq (m) (34)

love

mohabbat (f) (42)

love

hijr (m) (4)

separation from beloved.

visaal (m) (4)

union, meeting

taraste (m) (2)

long for, thirst

zindagi (f) (45)

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?

mohabbat (f) (42)

love

kothey (m) (1)

brothel

tawaif (m) (1)

prostitute, courtesan

mazaa (m) (5)

fun, delight

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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

charaagh (m) (17)

lamp, light, flame

waaste (m) (2)

inorderto

basthi (f) (1)

city

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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

2013: Padma Shri

1998: Sahitya Akademi

talaash (f) (10)

quest, search

koshish (f) (3)

attempt, effort

ummeed (m) (10)

hope, expectation

muqaddar (m) (8)

fate, fortune

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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

soorat (f) (5)

face, in the form of

bazm (m) (13)

assembly, gathering

naaz (m) (6)

grace, pride, hauteur

guftaar (m) (5)

speech, speaking

jaan (m) (18)

life, strength / beloved

kaalbad (m) (1)

shape

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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

insaaf (m) (2)

justice

postponement, dependent

hashr (m) (3)

day of judgment

qissa (m) (2)

story, account

tai (f) (2)

traverse, pass through

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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

tarah (18)

type, like, similar to

warna (4)

orelse

duniya (m) (27)

world

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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?

aakhir (5)

alas, afterall

mard (m) (4)

man, men

jaano (m) (1)

toknow

aurat (f) (2)

woman

dard (m) (22)

pain

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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

kabhi (29)

on occasion

sayyaad (m) (8)

captor, hunter

khauf (m) (4)

fear, terror

khizaan (f) (2)

old, decay

bulbul (m) (8)

nightingale

jaan (m) (18)

life, strength / beloved

hatheli (f) (1)

palm

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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

nazaakat (f) (2)

delicateness, elegance

gul (m) (22)

flower

naseem (m) (2)

breeze, zephyr

subh (f) (10)

morning, dawn

chhu (m) (2)

touch

rang (m) (16)

color, colors

maila (m) (1)

tarnished`

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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

gaali (f) (1)

scolding, cursing

saada (m) (1)

simple, innocent

lutf (m) (8)

comfort, joy, pleasure

zabaani (f) (2)

narration

samjha (m) (6)

understand

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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

khwaabon (m) (2)

dreams

tarah (18)

type, like, similar to

khushbu (f) (11)

fragrance

mumkin (8)

possible

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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

ishq (m) (34)

love

choT (m) (1)

hurt, injury

dil (m) (118)

heart

asar (m) (7)

effect, impact

dard (m) (22)

pain

zyaada (m) (6)

excess, too many

magar (29)

yet, but

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