Sahir Ludhianvi
Ludhiana (Punjab)
Intro
1921 - 1980
Ludhiana (Punjab)
1971 - Padma Shri
2013 - Commemorative Stamp India
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Sahir Ludhianvi
10/03/2025 08:25 AM
hayaat ek mustaqqil gham ke siwa
kuch bhi naheen
shaayad khushi bhi yaad aati hai toh
aansoon bankar aati hai
life is nothing
but endless sorrow
even joy, when remembered
returns, perhaps, only as tears
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Sahir Ludhianvi
29/12/2024 02:28 PM
tera milna
khushi ki baat sahi
tujh se mil kar
udhaas rehta huun
meeting you
is surely a matter of joy
but after meeting you
i remain sad
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Sahir Ludhianvi
15/10/2024 02:47 AM
lab kuchh bhi kahen
is se haqeeqat naheen khulti
insaan ke sach jhoot
ki pehchaan hain aankhen
no matter what the lips say
the reality is not revealed
the eyes are the real markers
of truth and lies
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Sahir Ludhianvi
20/08/2024 09:34 AM
jurm-e-ulfat pe hamen
log saza dete hain
kaise naadaan hain
shoalon ko hawa dete hain
people punish me
for my crime of love
how naive they are…
stoking the flames more
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Sahir Ludhianvi
20/08/2024 09:34 AM
le de ke apne paas
faqat ek nazar toh hai
kyun dekhen zindagi ko
kisi ki nazar se hum
all we have
is a viewpoint
why should we see life
from anyone else’s perspective
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Sahir Ludhianvi
20/08/2024 09:34 AM
hazaar barq gire
laakh aandhiyaan uTThen
vo phool khil ke rahenge
jo khilne waale hain
let a thousand lightnings struck
let many storms rise...
those flowers will keep blooming
that are given to blooming
thousand
lightning
hundred thousand
storms
flowers, flower
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Sahir Ludhianvi
20/08/2024 09:34 AM
gairon pe karam
apno pe sitam
aye jaane wafa
yeh zulm na kar
tyranny for loved ones
kindness for strangers
o faithful one
be not so cruel
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Sahir Ludhianvi
20/08/2024 09:34 AM
zaalim ko jo na roke
woh shaamil hai zulm mein
qaatil ko jo na Toke
woh qaatil ke saath hai
one who doesn't stop a tyrant
is guilty of tyranny also
one who doesn't stop the murderer
is an accomplice in the murder too
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Sahir Ludhianvi
20/08/2024 09:34 AM
ye ehtiyat ka aalam bhi
kya qayaamat hai
pukaar bhi na sake tujhko
tere naam se hum
this state of caution
how calamitous it was
i could not even
call out to you by your name
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Sahir Ludhianvi
20/08/2024 09:34 AM
jo mil gaya usi ko
muqaddar samajh liya
jo kho gaya main
usko bhulata chala gaya
that which i got in life
i thought of it as my good fate
those that i lost
i moved on, forgetting them
fate, fortune
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Sahir Ludhianvi
20/08/2024 09:34 AM
gham aur khushi mein
farak na mehsoos ho jaha
main dil ko us mukaam
pe laata chala gaya
where the difference between
joy and sorrow is not felt
i kept taking my heart to
that place again and again
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Sahir Ludhianvi
20/08/2024 09:34 AM
woh afsaana jise anjaam tak
lana na ho mumkin
use ek khoobsurat mod
de kar chodna achcha
where not possible to find
the story a fine ending
it is best to find a beautiful turn
and leave it there with grace
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Sahir Ludhianvi
20/08/2024 09:34 AM
hum aman chaahte hain
magar zulm ke khilaaf
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
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Sahir Ludhianvi
20/08/2024 09:34 AM
aqaa’ed vahm hai mazhab
khayaal-e-khaam hai saaqi
azal se zehn-e-insaan
basta-e-auhaam hai saaqi
religion but a fanciful belief
a string of delusions
forever the human mind has been
hostage to a bundle of superstitions
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Sahir Ludhianvi
20/08/2024 09:34 AM
tumhaare ahd-e-wafa ko
main ahd kya samjhoon
mujhe khud apni
mohabbat pe eitbaar naheen
your promise of faithfulness
how should i understand it
when i have no faith
in my own love
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Sahir Ludhianvi
20/08/2024 09:34 AM
dulhan bani hui hain
raahen
jashn manao
saal-e-nau ke
the paths forward
are dressed up like a bride
celebrate
the new year
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Sahir Ludhianvi
20/08/2024 09:34 AM
har ek daur ka mazhab
naya khuda laaya
karen to hum bhi magar
kis khuda ki baat karen
each era brought in
a new religion, a new god
if we were to chat
about which god shall we talk?
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Sahir Ludhianvi
20/08/2024 09:34 AM
kabhi kabhi to woh
itni rasaayi deta hai
woh sochta hai to
mujhko sunaayi deta hai
sometimes, he
grants such access
when he thinks
i can hear him
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