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duniya tere khayaal se
raushan hui to hai
with just one lamp
many lamps are lit
the whole world is brightened
just by the thought of you
Theme: Creativity, Philosophy, & Enlightenment (40)
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is takalluf se karam ho to
sitam hota hai
this inquiry of my condition
is so that i can’t say anything
kindness with such formality
becomes cruelty indeed
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toofan se laDne mein
mazaa aur hi kuchh hai
who will refuse
the comfort of a safe shore
but the joy of fighting a storm
is something else
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4 / 25 : Featured
munh se maango to
khuda aur khafa hota hai
whatever is given to you in kindness
you accept jus that ‘naadir’
if you were to ask for more
god will get even more angry
Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (73)
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5 / 25 : Featured
manzil ka nishaan bhi
usi patthar se mila hai
the stone that
tripped me
the pointer to my destination
i got from the same stone
trip
stone
goal, destination
sign, river, mark
Theme: Quest, Journey, & Destination (55)
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6 / 25 : Featured
baaqi umr
izaafi hai
one love
is enough
the rest of life
is just surplus
Theme: Time, Life & Learning (133)
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7 / 25 : Featured
aye khuda bas ek din
aaine ko zubaan de de
she accuses me of
falsely praising her beauty
o god, if only you could give
the mirrors a voice for a day
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8 / 25 : Featured
jis shakhs ne halat ka
rukh mod diya ho
that person is worthy
of reverence in this world
who changes the
course of fate
Theme: Grit, Resilience, & Courage (60)
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9 / 25 : Featured
hum ne sadiyon ka
faasla dekha
between your going
and coming
i have experienced
the distance of ages
Theme: Miscellany (44)
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10 / 25 : Featured
gham se pathar ho gaya
lekin kabhi roya nahin
i too know of
one such person, ‘muneer’
whom sorrow has turned into a stone
but he never shed a tear
Theme: Grit, Resilience, & Courage (60)
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11 / 25 : Featured
Tal jaayega ye apni balaa
tujh pe Daal kar
in love, don’t mistake your
heart to be your friend, ‘zauq’
it will dump its troubles
on you and flee
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12 / 25 : Featured
ab kya kahun
jamal-e-rukh-e-fitnagar ko mein
it is a crime if i see
lacking in grace if i don’t
what shall i call this
beautiful, mischievous face
face, direction
crime
ungrateful, impious
mischievous, playful
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (115)
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13 / 25 : Featured
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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14 / 25 : Featured
is kharaabe mein
koyi mard kahaan
with whom
should i wish to meet
in these wastelands
are there any men left?
desire
meeting, union
ruin, spoilt, waste
man, men
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (121)
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15 / 25 : Featured
dahka hua hai aatish-e-gul se
chaman tamaam
the entire gathering was aglow
with the beauty of my beloved
just like the whole garden was ablaze
by the fire of the flower
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16 / 25 : Featured
duuriyaan majbuuriyaan
tanhaaiyaan
life perhaps
is just this
distances, compulsions
loneliness
Theme: Time, Life & Learning (133)
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17 / 25 : Featured
phir tasavvur ne liya
us bazm me jaane ka naam
flowers bloomed in sight again
and, again, my heart lit up
when i imagined again
going to the joyful gathering
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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
Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (73)
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19 / 25 : Featured
aise zinda thay ki
jeene ki alaamat hum thay
we were the flowers, the colors
the freshness of those moments
we lived like
we were the symbols of living
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20 / 25 : Featured
tum acche maseeha ho
shifa kyun nahi dete
the restless have fallen sick
why don’t you offer a medicine
you are such a good healer
why don’t you cure their illness
breathless, lacking energy
medicine, cure
saviour, messiah
healing, cure
Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (73)
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21 / 25 : Featured
asir hone ki
aazaad aarzoo karte
should they see the world of
shackles of your tresses
even free men would
desire to be held hostage
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kuchh woh bhi ikhtisaar se
aage na jaa saka
i too was not generous
in my conversing
he too couldn't
get past his reticence
conversation, talk
open-hearted, generous
conciseness, brevity
Theme: Voice, Expression, & Language (82)
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mushkilein mujh par paDi itni ke
aasaan ho gayee
if a person gets accustomed to grief
then grief disappears
so many difficulties have come upon me
that it has become easy to bear them
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pyaar mein jab talak naheen TuuTe
dil kisi kaam ka naheen hota
it is not worth mentioning
not does it belong anywhere
until it breaks for the sake of love
this heart is of no use anywhere
Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (66)
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main ne jis haath ko chooma
vahi khanjar nikla
i was convinced about the love
of those in my society
but, the hand that i sought to kiss
turned out to be a dagger
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