1/21: ishq
mere humnafas, mere humnava
mujhe dost ban ke dagha na de
main hoon dard-e-ishq se jaan-ba-lab
mujhe zindagi ki dua na de
oh my companion, my soulmate
deceive me not posing as a friend
i am already dying from the pain of love
don't curse me more with prayer for life
Shakeel Badayuni
(4)Theme:Love, Passion and Longing (88)
2/21: ishq
jazba-e-ishq salaamat
hai to, insha allah
kacche-dhaage se
chale aayenge sarkaar bandhe
if the passion of love
remains intact, insha allah
the beloved will come
bound by even a fragile thread
Theme:Love, Passion and Longing (88)
3/21: ishq
kabhi ishq karo aur phir dekho
is aag mein jalte rehne se
kabhi dil par aanch nahin aati
kabhi rang kharaab nahin hota
fall in love once...and see
why burning in this fire
never scorches the heart
never fades the colors
Saleem Kausar
(3)Theme:Love, Passion and Longing (88)
4/21: ishq
chalne ka hausla naheen
rukna muhaal kar diya
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
(8)Theme:Quest, Journey & Destination (44)
5/21: ishq
hota hai raaz-e-ishq-o-mohabbat
unhi se faash
aankhen zubaan naheen hain
magar bezubaan naheen
the secret of love and affection
is revealed through them
eyes are not tongues
but they are not voiceless either
Asghar Gondvi
(3)Theme:Voice, Expression & Language (61)
6/21: ishq
ishq se tabiyat ne
zeest ka mazaa paya
dard ki dawa pai
dard-e-bedawa paya
from love did my being
find the joy and fun of life
found a cure for pain
found a pain without a cure
Mirza Ghalib
(60)Theme:Life, Living & Dying (104)
7/21: ishq
arz-e-niyaaz-e-ishq
ke qaabil nahin raha
jis dil pe naaz tha mujhe
vo dil nahin raha
no longer worthy
of the blessings of love
the heart i was once proud of
that heart is no more
Mirza Ghalib
(60)Theme:Loneliness, Solitude & Grief (92)
8/21: ishq
ye zard zard chehra
ye laghari badan mein
kyaa ishq mein hua hai
ai ‘mir’ haal tera
your face so pale
and body so frail
what love is it, ‘mir’,
that got you to this state
Mir Taqi Mir
(9)Theme:Love, Passion and Longing (88)
9/21: ishq
maraz-e-ishq jise ho
use kya yaad rahe
na dava yaad rahe
aur na dua yaad rahe
what can he remember
one afflicted by love
neither the medication
nor the blessing
Raaz Allahabadi
(3)Theme:Love, Passion and Longing (88)
10/21: ishq
dil ko rafiq ishq mein
apna samajh na 'zauq'
tal jaayega ye apni balaa
tujh pe daal kar
in love, don’t mistake your
heart to be your friend, ‘zauq’
it will dump its troubles
on you and flee
Theme:Heart, Mind & Memory (58)
11/21: ishq
kya ajab kaar-e-tahayyur hai
supurd-e-naar-e-ishq
ghar mein jo tha bach gaya
aur jo naheen tha jal gaya
what a work of wonder is
surrendering to the fire of love
those in the house were saved
those that weren’t got burnt
Saleem Kausar
(3)Theme:Love, Passion and Longing (88)
12/21: ishq
aql se sirf
zehn raushan tha
ishq ne dil mein
raushni ki hai
reason just
lit up the mind
love filled my
heart with light
Theme:Creativity, Philosophy & Enlightenment (30)
13/21: ishq
ye ishq ke khutoot bhi
kitne ajeeb hain
aankhen vo padh rahi hain
jo tahreer bhi nahin
how strange are these
love letters
the eyes read even when
there is no writing
Nafas Ambalvi
(1)Theme:Love, Passion and Longing (88)
14/21: ishq
hua hai ishq mein kam
husn-e-ittefaaq aisaa
ki dil ko yaar toh
dil yaar ko pasand hua
rarely did it happen in love
such a beauty of luck
when heart loved the beloved
and beloved the heart
Theme:Love, Passion and Longing (88)
15/21: ishq
agar baazi ishq ki baazi hai
jo chaho lagado dar kaisa
agar jeet gaye to kya kahna
haaray bhi to baazi maat nahi
if the gamble is of love
bet what you want, why fear
if you win, nothing like it
even if you lose, it is not a loss
Faiz Ahmed Faiz
(22)Theme:Love, Passion and Longing (88)
16/21: ishq
hoshwalon ko khabar kya
bekhudi kya cheez hai
ishq ki jaye phir samajhiye
zindagi kya cheez hai
how can sane people know
what ecstasy is all about
love and figure out
what life is all about
Nida Fazli
(11)Theme:Life, Living & Dying (104)
17/21: ishq
kahaan ke ishq-o-mohabbat
kidhar ke hijr-o-visaal
abhi to log taraste hain
zindagi ke liye
where this love and passion
where this separation and union
right now, people just
long for life
Zehra Nigaah
(5)Theme:Life, Living & Dying (104)
18/21: ishq
ishq mein bhi
siyaasaten nikli
qurbaton mein bhi
faasla nikla
in love too
politics arose
in even closeness
distances emerged
Rasa Chugtai
(3)Theme:Friends, Family & Community (108)
19/21: ishq
woh log bahut
khush-qismat thay
jo kaam ko
ishq samajhte thay
those were
most fortunate
who saw work
as their love
Faiz Ahmed Faiz
(22)Theme:Love, Passion and Longing (88)
20/21: ishq
ishq ki choT ka kuchh
dil pe asar ho to sahi
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
Jalal Lakhnavi
(2)Theme:Love, Passion and Longing (88)
21/21: ishq
ek ishq hai ki jis ki gali
ja raha huun main
aur dil ki dhaDkanon se bhi
ghabra raha huun main
there is this love
who’s street i am going to
and i am terrified
of my own heartbeat
Theme:Love, Passion and Longing (88)