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yuun ‘abroo’ banaavedil mein hazaar baaten

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

Abroo Shah Mubarak (7)
yuun (4)

like this, in this way

make, makeup

dil (m) (118)

heart

hazaar (8)

thousand

guftaar (m) (5)

speech, speaking

bhool (f) (16)

forget, mistake

Theme: Voice, Expression, & Language (82)

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2 / 25 : Featured

ye log kyon mere

zakhm-e-jigar ko dekhte hain

may no evil eye fall

on her hands and arms

why do these people

keep gazing at my heart’s wounds

zakhm (m) (18)

wound, injury

dasto (m) (1)

hands

baazoo (m) (1)

arms

jigar (m) (8)

heart

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dil ne kiya qubuul

jab islam husn ka

it cared neither

for the infidel or the believer

when the heart embraced

the religion of beauty

hargiz (1)

definitely, ever

kaafir (m) (5)

infidel, disbeliever

momin (m) (2)

religious, pious

dil (m) (118)

heart

qubuul (2)

accept, adopt

islam (m) (2)

religion

husn (m) (21)

beauty

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4 / 25 : Featured

charaagh-e-raah hai

manzil naheen

go past the intellect

for this light

is but an illumination of the path

not the destination

guzar (m) (13)

pass through, spent

aqal (m) (3)

mind, intellect

noor (m) (11)

light, radiance

charaagh (m) (17)

lamp, light, flame

raah (m) (25)

street, path

manzil (f) (24)

goal, destination

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5 / 25 : Featured

nazar na aayega jab

koi bismil-o-qaatil

it is very near, muztar,

that system and order of life

when you will not see

any murderers or victims

zindagi (f) (45)

life

qareeb (4)

near, close

nizaam (m) (2)

order, system

nazar (f) (36)

perspective, sight

bismil (3)

injured, victim, slain

qaatil (m) (10)

murderer, assassin

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6 / 25 : Featured

kis qadar sakht muhim thi ki

jo sar kar aaya

to get to know myself

i had to pass through myself

what a difficult challenge it was

that i had to overcome

khud (25)

myself

guzar (m) (13)

pass through, spent

qadar (m) (8)

amount of, degree

sakht (1)

difficult, hard

muhim (m) (2)

mission, challenging task

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7 / 25 : Featured

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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8 / 25 : Featured

jab aankh hi se na Tapka to

phir lahoo kya hai

that which courses through veins

i don't much care for

if it doesn't drip from the eyes

how can it be blood?

raagon (m) (1)

veins

daudte (m) (1)

running

qayaal (m) (1)

satisfied, convinced

Tapka (m) (1)

drip, drop

lahoo (m) (2)

blood

Theme: Miscellany (44)

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9 / 25 : Featured

jahaan se kya gharaz tujh ko

tuu aap apnaa jahaan ho jaa

by being your own confidant

you become your own story

why so obsessed with this world

you become your own universe

raazdaan (m) (1)

confidant

khudi (f) (2)

yourself

daastaan (m) (4)

story, tale

jahaan (m) (17)

world, universe

gharaz (m) (4)

self-interest, purpose

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10 / 25 : Featured

ishq ke is safar ne to

mujh ko niDhaal kar diya

lack the courage to move forward

yet, stopping is now impossible

the journey of love

has left me weary, exhausted

Parveen Shakir (19)
hausla (m) (6)

valor, courage

muhaal (m) (2)

impossible, difficult

ishq (m) (34)

love

safar (m) (28)

journey, travel

niDhaal (m) (1)

exhausted, defeated

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11 / 25 : Featured

is shahr mein har shakhs

pareshaan sa kyun hai

why this burning in the heart

and storm in the eyes

why does everyone in this city

seem so troubled

1987: Sahitya Akademi

2008: Jnanpith

seene (m) (8)

heart, chest

jalan (m) (1)

fire, burning

aankhon (m) (13)

eyes

toofan (m) (9)

storm, cyclone

shahr (m) (14)

city

shakhs (m) (16)

person, individual

pareshaan (m) (6)

distressed, troubled

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12 / 25 : Featured

tu shaheen hai basera kar

pahaaDon ki chattanon mein

your place is not on

the dome of the royal palace

you are an eagle, find your

place on the rocks of the mountain

nasheman (m) (1)

home, residence

gumbad (m) (2)

dome

par (22)

wings / upon / however

shaheen (m) (3)

falcon, eagle

basera (m) (1)

rest

pahaaDon (m) (1)

hills, mountains

chattanon (m) (1)

rocks

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13 / 25 : Featured

jab kisi shahr mein

kuchh yaar puraane se mile

received a new wound

and found a new life

when in the new city

found some old friends

Anonymous

zakhm (m) (18)

wound, injury

nayi (5)

new

umr (m) (16)

life

shahr (m) (14)

city

yaar (19)

friend, beloved

old

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14 / 25 : Featured

tamaam umr ka ab

silsila hai mere liye

that one reflection flashed

in my sight for just a moment

now for my entire life

it is a saga for me

pal (m) (7)

moment, nurture

nazar (f) (36)

perspective, sight

lifelong

aks (m) (4)

reflection

tamaam (7)

entire, all, whole

Thehra (1)

stay

silsila (m) (2)

connection, link

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15 / 25 : Featured

dil-e-sitam-zada ko hum ne

thaam thaam liya

when someone mentioned

your name in front of me

i held and grasped my

tormented, afflicted heart

kisu (m) (1)

someone (same as kisi)

dil (m) (118)

heart

sitam (m) (12)

tyranny, cruelty

zada (1)

afflicted, tormented

thaam (4)

hold, grasp

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16 / 25 : Featured

mujh ko aadat hai

muskuraane ki

oh sorrow of life

don’t be angry

it is my habit

to smile

gham (m) (20)

sorrow, sadness

zindagi (f) (45)

life

naaraaz (m) (3)

angry, anger

aadat (f) (3)

habit

Theme: Miscellany (44)

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17 / 25 : Featured

suna hai ke manzil

qareeb aa gayi hai

my guide,

lead me astray

heard that my destination

has drawn closer

rahbar (m) (7)

guide, leader, ruler

gumrah (m) (2)

lost

suna (9)

hear

manzil (f) (24)

goal, destination

qareeb (4)

near, close

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18 / 25 : Featured

mil gaya

husn-e-bemisaal hamen

looking into the mirror

she said to herself

i have found

an unexampled beauty

husn (m) (21)

beauty

aaina (m) (7)

mirror

samjhe (11)

to understand

bemisaal (m) (1)

incomparable, unexampled

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19 / 25 : Featured

magar jo kho gayi

woh cheez kya thi

that cherished dream

you have realized

but, what is that

you have lost, along the way?

2007: Padma Bhushan

2013: Sahitya Akademi Award

khwaab (m) (18)

dream

magar (29)

yet, but

pa (m) (1)

get

cheez (m) (7)

things, matter

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20 / 25 : Featured

harfon ki zubaan aur hai

aankhon ki zubaan aur

the eloquence of silence

outweighs any expression

the language of words is one

the language of eyes is something else

izhaar (m) (5)

express, announce

khamoshi (f) (2)

silence

takallum (m) (6)

speech, eloquence

harfon (m) (1)

words

zubaan (m) (8)

speech, tongue

aankhon (m) (13)

eyes

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21 / 25 : Featured

aare daleel-e-raah-e-haqeeqat

majaaz hai

without word, meaning is not

within mind’s reach

certainly, abstraction is the

beacon in the path of truth

maani (f) (4)

meaning

dark (m) (1)

understanding

lafz (m) (6)

word, syllable

aare (m) (1)

certainly, without doubt

raah (m) (25)

street, path

haqeeqat (f) (7)

reality, fact

majaaz (m) (1)

abstraction

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22 / 25 : Featured

hum rahen yuun

tishna-lab paigaam ke

while others in the gathering

are kissing their cups of wine

i remain, lips parched,

for news of you

ghair (2)

others, strangers

mehfil (f) (17)

gathering, concert

bosey (m) (2)

kiss

jaam (m) (12)

wine cup, goblet

yuun (4)

like this, in this way

tishna (2)

thirsty

lab (m) (19)

lip, lips

paigaam (m) (1)

message, news, missive

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23 / 25 : Featured

jin ki khaatir basti chhoDi

naam na lo un pyaaron ka

insha, spend the rest of your life

in peace among strangers

the loved ones for whom you

left your town, think not about them

lifelong

ajnabiyon (f) (1)

strangers

chain (m) (4)

peace

kaaTe (2)

spend

basti (f) (2)

city, town, village

pyaaron (m) (1)

lovedones

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24 / 25 : Featured

leejiye ya deejiye

inkaar rahne deejiye

please stop arguing

about a kiss on the cheek

either i give or you give

but pray do not refuse

bosa (m) (5)

kiss

rukhsaar (m) (2)

face, cheek

takraar (m) (1)

argument, tiff

inkaar (m) (6)

rejection, refusal

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ek tera zikr tha aur

beech mein kya kya nikla

wishes, desires, and

hopes, complaints, tears

thinking of you

what all have turned out

aarzoo (m) (18)

desire

hasrat (f) (12)

desire, mostly unmet

ummeed (m) (10)

hope, expectation

shikaayat (f) (6)

complaint, protest

aansu (m) (6)

tears

zikr (m) (8)

mention, remember

nikla (12)

turned out, came out

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