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bacha liya mujhetoofan ki mauj ne warna

kinaare waale

safina mera Dubo dete

the waves of the storm

saved me, else

those on the shore

would have sunk my boat

Majrooh Sultanpuri (13)

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toofan (m) (9)

storm, cyclone

safina (m) (2)

boat

mauj (m) (6)

wave, waves, enjoyment

Dubo (2)

sink, dip

Theme: Nature, World & Universe (52)

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2 / 25 : Featured

main jaantaa huun

jo vo likhenge jawaab mein

while the messenger returns

i will keep another letter ready

for i know what

she would be writing in reply

qaasid (m) (6)

messenger, envoy

khat (f) (7)

letter

likh (1)

write

jawaab (m) (6)

answer, reply

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3 / 25 : Featured

bahut nazdeek hain woh din

ke tum hoge na hum honge

why do you worry about

the tumult in this world, oh akbar,

that day is near when

neither will you nor i am around

inquilaab (m) (7)

revolution

deher (m) (1)

world

gham (m) (19)

sorrow, sadness

near, close

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4 / 25 : Featured

woh murakhta woh ghamaDpan

jis mein hum ne sadi ganwaayi

you turned out just like us, brother

where were you hiding all this while?

that stupidity, that stubbornness

in which we wasted decades

Fahmida Riaz (4)
murakhta (m) (1)

stupidity

ghamaDpan (m) (1)

stubborn foolishness

sadi (f) (1)

ages

wasted

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5 / 25 : Featured

faisla waqt ke dariyaa mein

utar kar hoga

who will drown, zafar, and

who will cross to the other side

that will be decided only

after diving into the river of time

dariyaa (m) (14)

river

faisla (m) (3)

decision

waqt (m) (22)

time

Doobega (m) (1)

sink

paar utarna (m) (1)

crossover

utarna (m) (2)

cross over, get off

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6 / 25 : Featured

ajeeb log hain

deewaane hona chaahte hain

all wish to be

moths to a flame

strange people…

all seeking to be mad

ajeeb (8)

strange, weird

charaagh (m) (16)

lamp, light, flame

parvaane (m) (1)

moths

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7 / 25 : Featured

aur us ke lafz bhi thay

chaandni mein bikhre hue

he was smiling and

saying something, ‘shumar’

and his words too…

were scattered with moonlight

smile

lafz (m) (6)

word, syllable

chaandni (f) (4)

moonlight

bikhre (1)

scattered, dispersed

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8 / 25 : Featured

khayaabaan khayaabaan iram

dekhte hain

wherever i see

the prints of your footsteps

i see in that garden

the garden of paradise

jahaan (m) (17)

world, universe

naqsh (f) (2)

impression, mark, imprint

qadam (m) (5)

step

dekhte (5)

to see

khayaabaan (m) (1)

flower bed, garden

iram (m) (1)

paradise, garden of paradise

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9 / 25 : Featured

dost hota nahin

har haath milaane waala

you mistake a gesture of formality

for sincere affection, 'faraz'

not every one who shakes your hand

is a friend

takalluf (m) (3)

formality

ikhlaas (m) (1)

sincerity

understand, deem

dost (m) (9)

friend

haath (m) (13)

hand

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10 / 25 : Featured

ye naav kaun si hai

ye dariyaa kahan ka hai

the mountain of needs

won’t let me get tired

my children

won’t let me grow old

aks (m) (4)

reflection

aasmaan (m) (17)

sky

naav (m) (2)

boat

dariyaa (m) (14)

river

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11 / 25 : Featured

do se jab ek nikaalen

to sifar bachta hai

love is that

subject of arithmetic, faris

if you take one out of two

what remains is zero

nikaalen (m) (1)

remove

sifar (m) (1)

zero, nothingness

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12 / 25 : Featured

peeta hoon

roz-e-abr-o-shab-e-mahtaab mein

ghalib has given up drinking

but, still, once in a while

i enjoy a drink

on cloudy days and moon-filled nights

chhuti (f) (1)

givenup

sharaab (m) (14)

wine, liquor, drink

roz (m) (13)

day, every day

abr (m) (6)

cloud, clouds

shab (f) (16)

evening, night

mahtaab (m) (5)

moon

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13 / 25 : Featured

tum apne shikasta

dar-o-deewaar to dekho

why are you seeking

the blessings of rains

first pay attention to your

broken doors and walls

maang (f) (3)

ask, seek

baarish (f) (5)

rain

duaen (m) (1)

blessings, favors

broken, battered.

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14 / 25 : Featured

kya noor tha ki

shama ko parvaana kar diya

when she came that evening,

unveiled, to the gathering

oh, what a glow,

that turned the flame into a moth

shab (f) (16)

evening, night

behijaab (m) (2)

unveiled

mehfil (f) (17)

gathering, concert

noor (m) (10)

light, radiance

shama (m) (5)

lamp, candle, wax

parvaana (m) (5)

moth

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15 / 25 : Featured

tere ishq mein humne

kyaa kyaa na dekha

torment, travails,

accusations, calamities

in your love, what all

have i not experienced

azeeyyat (f) (1)

torment, vexation

museebat (f) (2)

trouble

malaamat (f) (1)

blame, accusation

balaayen (m) (1)

calamities

ishq (m) (34)

love

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16 / 25 : Featured

woh qatl bhi karte hai to

charcha nahin hota

even if i sigh a little

i am harshly censured

when he commits murder

there isn't even a murmur

aah (m) (7)

sigh

disrepute

qatl (m) (3)

murder

charcha (m) (2)

discussion

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17 / 25 : Featured

hans ke kehne lagaa

aur aap ko aata kya hai

when i mentioned

that i am falling in love with her

she smiled and asked

what else do you know to do

pyaar (m) (7)

love

par (21)

wings, feathers / upon / however

hans (7)

swans / smile, laugh

aap (12)

respectful 'you'

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18 / 25 : Featured

jii chaahta hai

main teri aawaaz chuum lu

your manner of inflection is like the

morning fragrance calling out to prayer

oh, my heart so desires

to kiss your voice

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subh (f) (10)

morning, dawn

chuum (2)

kiss

khushbu (f) (11)

fragrance

lahjaa (m) (1)

manner, accent

azaan (m) (1)

morningprayer

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19 / 25 : Featured

mujh pe khud bhi khul naheen paata

kidhar jaata hoon main

passion for destination as companion

emotion of the heart as my guide

even i myself cannot fathom

where i am headed

shauq (m) (14)

passion, zeal

manzil (f) (24)

goal, destination

humsafar (m) (5)

companion

jazba (m) (4)

passion, emotion

dil (m) (115)

heart

rahbar (m) (7)

guide, leader, ruler

khud (24)

myself

khul (4)

open

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20 / 25 : Featured

koyi hans de to

mohabbat ka gumaan hota hai

maybe this too is

a shade of my deprivation

that if anyone smiles

it seems to me like love

rang (m) (14)

color, colors

perhaps, maybe

mehroomi (f) (2)

deprivation

hans (7)

swans / smile, laugh

mohabbat (f) (42)

love

gumaan (m) (5)

suspicion, doubt

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21 / 25 : Featured

dil har choTi si baat pe bhi

dara sa rehta

having witnessed so many

events in my life

even for small matters

my heart feels worried

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manzar (m) (3)

sight, view, scene

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22 / 25 : Featured

khaak ka rizq hai woh qatra

ke dariyaa na hua

it remains a scar on the heart

the lament that didn’t reach the lips

it remains a part of the dust

the drop that doesn’t become the river

dariyaa (m) (14)

river

seene (m) (8)

heart, chest

daagh (m) (8)

scars, stains

naala (m) (4)

cry, lament, wail

lab (m) (19)

lip, lips

khaak (f) (7)

dust, ashes, worthless

qatra (m) (5)

drop, drop of water

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23 / 25 : Featured

aakhir-e-kaar vo

ek khwaab-e-pareshaan nikla

that which i thought was

the pleasure house of the world

at the end, turned out to be

a troubled dream

dahr (m) (1)

world, universe, era

aakhir (5)

alas, afterall

kaar (m) (2)

thing, work

khwaab (m) (16)

dream

pareshaan (m) (6)

distressed, troubled

nikla (12)

turned out, came out

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lambi hai gham ki shaam

magar shaam hi to hai

the heart is not hopeless

just not sorted for now

long is the night of sorrow

yet, it is just a night (that'll pass)

dil (m) (115)

heart

ummeed (m) (10)

hope, expectation

nakaam (3)

without success, failure

lambi (f) (2)

long

gham (m) (19)

sorrow, sadness

shaam (f) (23)

evening

magar (29)

yet, but

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25 / 25 : Featured

saamne aaina

rakh liya kijiye

as you get ready

to criticize others

keep a mirror

handy

aaina (m) (7)

mirror

tabsara (m) (1)

criticism

Theme: Miscellany (44)

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