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nazar aate hain
muskuraaye huye
even without a smile
those lips
seem to be smiling
all the while
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (116)
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ab mujh ko nahin kuchh bhi
mohabbat ke siwa yaad
i remember not the world’s cruelty
nor my own faithful toiling
i don’t now remember anything
but my love
1959: Sahitya Akademi
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hai shuoor ho to
safar khud safar ka haasil hai
in the path of love and desire
who wishes for the end?
if the path makes sense
journey is journey's reward
Anonymous
Theme: Quest, Journey, & Destination (57)
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poocha kisi ne haal
to bas muskuraa diye
deliberately, knowingly
i hid all my sorrows
when someone asked how i was
i just smiled
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kaafir ko muflisi ne
musalmaan banaa diya
wine has become so expensive
that kaifi has quit drinking
poverty has turned
an infidel into a believer
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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
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ab jigar thaam ke baiTho
meri baari aayi
you laughed listening to
nightingale’s passionate lament
now hold your heart and listen
for my turn has come
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tujhe hum wali samajhte
jo na baada-khvaar hota
these mystical discussions
and your unique narration, ghalib,
we would have deemed you a saint
had you not been a drinker
Theme: Creativity, Philosophy, & Enlightenment (42)
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muskuraahat ki choTi si dukaan hai
nafraton ke baazaar mein
ask me not, friends,
what i do for a living
i have a small shop of smiles
in the market of hatred
Anonymous
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (132)
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tujh ko dekhe
mere nazar se koyi
what is it
that is lacking in you
someone ought to see
you with my eyes
perspective, sight
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (116)
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hota kuch agar hosh to
maikhaane na jaate
the foolish preacher
invites me into the mosque
if i have any sense, won’t i
find my way to the taverns?
Anonymous
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baarish mein jo huroof hain
woh hain sharaab mein
why shouldn't the pleasure
of wine also exist in water?
the expressive intoxication of rain
is also found in wine
comfort, joy, pleasure
wine drinking
water
rain
letters
wine, liquor, drink
Theme: Nature, World & Universe (53)
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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
Theme: Home, Country, & Belonging (32)
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khaali naheen hota hai
woh paimaana hai mera
i drink that spirit
whose high never wears off
it never empties
that cup of mine
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TuuT kar patte kab
apni shakh par waapas hue?
whoever got separated from the caravan
became the dust of the desert
when have fallen leaves
ever returned to their branch
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do gaz zameen bhi na mili
kuu-e-yaar mein
how wretched is your fate, ‘zafar’
that for your burial
you couldn’t get two yards
in the lane of the beloved
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na ye haath baag par hai
na paa hai rikaab mein
this horse of life is galloping away
not knowing where it will stop
the reins not in my hand
nor my feet in the stirrup
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na tum hi laut ke aaye
na waqt-e-shaam hua
was waiting
to celebrate diwali together
neither did you return
nor is it time yet for the celebration
waiting
Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (78)
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jo kaam ko
ishq samajhte thay
those were
most fortunate
who saw work
as their love
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (132)
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ke tujh ko pa ke hamen
phir teri tamanna hai
there are still stages
of closeness left
after attaining you
i still yearn for you
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (132)
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baiThe hain unheen ke kooche mein
hum aaj gunahgaaron ki tarah
in whose heart i was once present
like i was more dear than life itself
today i am sitting in her street
like a common criminal
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (126)
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zindagi mein
zindagi jaisa koi to kaam ho
declare your love
regardless of the outcome
let there be in life
something that resembles life
Theme: Time, Life & Learning (141)
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qasam khuda ki ye
tauheen hai javaani ki
seeking to be virtuous
while young
by god, it's an
insult to youth
Theme: Time, Life & Learning (141)
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raag raag mein daudthi phirthi hai
nashtar liye hue
what can i say about
where love is and where it isn’t
it courses through every vein,
daggers drawn
1959: Sahitya Akademi
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (132)
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vo zindagi jo haseenon
ke darmiyaan guzren
that is called heaven
that is also hell
life that is spent
among the beautiful
1959: Sahitya Akademi
Theme: Time, Life & Learning (141)
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