1/12: yaar

yaar bhi raah ki deewaar

samajhte hain mujhe

main samajhta tha

mere yaar samajhte hain mujhe

even my friends consider me

an obstruction in their path

i used to believe

my friends understood me

Theme:Friends, Family & Community (108)

2/12: yaar

na khushi achchi hai, aye dil

na malaal achcha hai

yaar jis haal me rakhe

wohi haal achcha hai

neither happiness is good, o heart,

nor is sadness

the state my beloved leaves me in

that state is good

Theme:Love, Passion and Longing (88)

3/12: yaar

dam na nikla yaar ki

na-meharbaani dekh kar

sakth hairaan huun main

apni sakth-jaani dekh kar

i didn't die

seeing my beloved's unkindness

i am so surprised

by my own resilience

Theme:Love, Passion and Longing (88)

4/12: yaar

aankhen khuda ne di hain

to dekhenge husn-e-yaar

kab tak naqaab

rukh se uthaayi na jaayegi

god has given us eyes

to view the beauty of the beloved

how long will the veil

not be lifted from the face

Theme:Beauty, Charm & Union (84)

5/12: yaar

fikr-e-maash maatam-e-dil

aur khayaal-e-yaar

tum sab se maazrat

ke tabeeyaat udaas hai

worry about livelihood, my heart's lament

and thoughts of my beloved

i beg your forgiveness, but all these

have turned me melancholic

Theme:Loneliness, Solitude & Grief (92)

6/12: yaar

allah-re chashm-e-yaar ki

mojiz-bayaaniyaan

har ik ko hai gumaan ke

mukhaatab hamin rahe

oh god, the miraculous expression

of the beloved's eyes

each one thinks he is

the only ones being addressed

Theme:Beauty, Charm & Union (84)

7/12: yaar

aghyaar kyun daakhil hain

bazm-e-suroor mein

maana ki yaar kam hain

par itne to kam nahin

why are strangers allowed

in our gathering of joy

yes, our friends are few

but not so few

Theme:Friends, Family & Community (108)

8/12: yaar

tere har mashvare ko,

ai naaseh

aaj phir

yaad-e-yaar le doobi

every shred of advice

you gave, o preacher

again today, got drowned

by the memory of my beloved

Theme:Heart, Mind & Memory (58)

9/12: yaar

muddat huyi hai

yaar ko mehmaan kiye huye

josh-e-qadah se

bazm charaaghaan kiye huye

it has been a while since

i had my friend as a guest

with the gathering all lit up by

the vigor and zeal of wine

Theme:Friends, Family & Community (108)

10/12: yaar

ek naya zakhm mila

ek nayi umr mili

jab kisi shahr mein

kuchh yaar puraane se mile

received a new wound

and found a new life

when in the new city

found some old friends

Theme:Friends, Family & Community (108)

11/12: yaar

ab naheen jannat mashaam-e-kuucha-

e-yaar ki shameem

nikhat-e-zulf kya hui

baad-e-saba ko kya hua

the lane of my beloved no longer

has the fragrance of heaven

what happened to the delight of tresses

where did the morning breeze go

Theme:Loneliness, Solitude & Grief (92)

12/12: yaar

dosti kis se na thi

kis se mujhe pyaar na tha

jab bure waqt pe dekha to

koyi yaar na tha

i had enmity with none

nor was anyone dear to me

during bad times, i found

i had no friends around

Theme:Friends, Family & Community (108)