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duniya ke har khayaal sebegaana kar diya

husn-e-khayaal-e-yaar ne

deewaana kar diya

it made me indifferent

to every thought of the world

beauty of the thoughts of my beloved

has driven me crazy indeed

Fana Bulandshahri (4)
husn (m) (21)

beauty

khayaal (m) (16)

thoughts

begaana (m) (3)

indifferent, stranger

deewaana (2)

crazy

Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (66)

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2 / 25 : Featured

main ek shaam chura luun

agar bura na lage

the weather of your city

is so pleasant

may i steal an evening

if you don’t mind

shahr (m) (14)

city

shaam (f) (23)

evening

mausam (m) (6)

weather, season

pleasant

chura (1)

steal

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3 / 25 : Featured

agar jang laazmi hai

to phir jang hi sahi

we desire peace

but by vanquishing tyranny

if what is needed is a fight

so be it…that fight is right

1971: Padma Shri

2013: Commemorative Stamp India

aman (m) (3)

peace

magar (29)

yet, but

zulm (m) (12)

cruelty, tyranny

khilaaf (m) (3)

against, opposed

jang (f) (3)

war, fight, struggle

laazmi (2)

necessary

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4 / 25 : Featured

apne haathon se usne meri qabr par

chaadar-e-gul chaDaayi maza aa gaya

oh fana, am thankful that after my death

she herself came to honor my love

with her own hands she spread flowers

on my grave…it was so delightful

shukar (0)

grateful

fana (f) (2)

annihilation

aabru (f) (2)

honor, dignity, respect

qabr (m) (4)

grave, tomb

spread

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5 / 25 : Featured

jab se dekhi ‘nazir’

dil ki kitaab

the meaning of all books

became evident

when i read, ‘nazir’,

the volume of my heart

sab (16)

all

khul (4)

open

maani (f) (4)

meaning

dil (m) (117)

heart

kitaab (m) (5)

book

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6 / 25 : Featured

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

qurb (m) (2)

closeness, vicinity

marhale (m) (1)

stages

baaqi (5)

remainder, left

tamanna (m) (13)

wish, desire

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7 / 25 : Featured

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

aasaan (5)

easy

insaan (m) (13)

human

ranj (m) (3)

grief, hurt, sorrow

khugar (m) (1)

getaccustomedto

to (2)

so

miT jaana (m) (1)

erase, disappear

se (1)

semeinchalahuun

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8 / 25 : Featured

dekhna hai zor kitna

baazu-e-qaatil mein hai

the desire to sacrifice

is raging in my heart

we shall see how much power

there is the assassin's arms

sarfaroshi (f) (1)

self-sacrifice

tamanna (m) (13)

wish, desire

dil (m) (117)

heart

zor (m) (4)

power, control

baazu (m) (1)

arms / protection

qaatil (m) (10)

murderer, assassin

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9 / 25 : Featured

kitna rangeen

mohabbat tera afsaana hai

life is about to end

but the moth is still dancing

oh, how colorful

is your love story

mohabbat (f) (42)

love

raqs (m) (3)

dance

parvaana (m) (5)

moth

colorful

afsaana (m) (6)

story, tale, fiction

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10 / 25 : Featured

jo zinda hun to phir

zinda nazar aana zaroori hai

if principles are under attack

it is necessary to fight back

if i am alive

i must act so

aanch (m) (2)

heat, flame, scorch

Takraana (m) (1)

fight

necessary, essential

nazar (f) (36)

perspective, sight

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11 / 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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12 / 25 : Featured

be-naqaab

hote hain

people

don’t change, ghalib

they become

unmasked

Anonymous

unveiled, unmasked

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13 / 25 : Featured

mumkin naheen ki

shaam-e-alam ki sahar na ho

may this short-sighted heart

not remain without hope

it cannot be the night of sorrow

has no dawn

ummeed (m) (10)

hope, expectation

dil (m) (117)

heart

mumkin (8)

possible

shaam (f) (23)

evening

alam (m) (3)

flag, sail, pain, affliction

sahar (f) (8)

dawn

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14 / 25 : Featured

jab bure waqt pe dekha to

koyi yaar na tha

who wasn't i friends with?

who didn't i love dearly?

in my days of misfortune,

i didn't have a single friend

dosti (f) (5)

friendship

pyaar (m) (7)

love

waqt (m) (22)

time

yaar (19)

friend, beloved

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15 / 25 : Featured

tum ne dekha ek nazar se

dil tumhaara ho gaya

though i nurtured for ages

i wasn’t worth much

you gave it just a glance

and it became yours

paala (m) (1)

nurture, bringup

muddaton (m) (2)

ages, long period

nazar (f) (36)

perspective, sight

pahlu (m) (4)

side

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16 / 25 : Featured

tumhen koi zaruurat hi nahi

banne sanwarne ki

your beauty is your adornment

your simplicity is your ornament

what need is there

for any other decoration?

1962: Padma Bhushan

husn (m) (21)

beauty

saadgi (f) (4)

innocence, simplicity

zevar (m) (2)

jewelry, ornament

sanwarne (m) (1)

decoration, correction

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17 / 25 : Featured

aansu ki jagah

aankh se hasrat nikal aaye

if there is just one desire of the heart

maybe...it's just this

instead of tears

dreams flow from my eyes

dil (m) (117)

heart

tamanna (m) (13)

wish, desire

kaash (4)

if only

aansu (m) (6)

tears

jagah (m) (5)

place

aankh (m) (11)

eyes, eye

hasrat (f) (12)

desire, mostly unmet

nikal (9)

come out, emerge

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18 / 25 : Featured

khud ko pehchan

lo to behtar hai

before others

figure you out

better you

figure yourself out

behtar (6)

better

pehle (5)

before

log (m) (12)

people

pehchane (m) (1)

identify, figure out

khud (25)

myself

Theme: Miscellany (44)

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19 / 25 : Featured

uTho na pahlu se

Thahro zara...kidhar ko chale

you have just arrived

what’s the hurry to leave

don’t get up just yet from my side

stay a while, where are you headed

pahlu (m) (4)

side

jaldi (1)

haste

thahro (1)

stay

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20 / 25 : Featured

ye haadsa tha ki main

umr bhar safar mein raha

i knew that those at home

were waiting for me

the misfortune was that i spent

my whole life out traveling

Anonymous

safar (m) (27)

journey, travel

lifelong

khabar (f) (13)

news, awareness

intezaar (m) (22)

waiting

haadsa (m) (2)

misfortune, accident

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21 / 25 : Featured

raqs karna hai to phir

paon ki zanjeer na dekh

look beyond the prison walls, at the

colors of the garden, the joy of spring

if you wish to dance, don’t look

at the shackles on your feet

1993: Dadasaheb Phalke Award

2013: India Commemorative Stamp

bahaar (f) (13)

spring

raqs (m) (3)

dance

zindan (m) (1)

prison

zanjeer (m) (7)

shackles, chains

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22 / 25 : Featured

wahi duniya

badalte ja rahe hain

those who keep growing,

braving the storms

those are the ones

that keep changing the world

1959: Sahitya Akademi

toofanon (m) (1)

storms, cyclones

rahe (21)

remain

duniya (m) (27)

world

change

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23 / 25 : Featured

ik zara aaina

dikhaane mein

how angry

friends became

when just shown

the mirror

naaraaz (m) (3)

angry, anger

aaina (m) (7)

mirror

dikhaane (m) (3)

shown

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24 / 25 : Featured

hum un se rishta-e-dil

ustuvaar karte rahe

i never complained about

the separation for this reason

i kept nurturing this

relationship of the heart with her

shikaayat (f) (6)

complaint, protest

hijraan (m) (3)

separation

vaasile (m) (1)

reason

rishta (m) (5)

relationship

ustuvaar (m) (1)

nurture, unwavering

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25 / 25 : Featured

ab woh

raanaai-e-khayaal kahaan

that was triggered by

imagining a person

where is that

fantasy now?

shakhs (m) (16)

person, individual

khayaal (m) (16)

thoughts

tasavvur (m) (8)

imagination

raanaai (f) (1)

fantasy

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