1/23: Home, Country & Belonging

dekhoge to har moD pe

mil jaayengi laashen

DhoonDoge to is shahr mein

qaatil na milega

if you look, at every turn,

you will find dead bodies

but, if you search in this city,

you will find no murderers

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2/23: Home, Country & Belonging

afraad ke haathon mein hai

aqwaam ki taqdeer

har fard hai millat ke

muqaddar ka sitaara

the destiny of the nation

lies in the hands of its people

every person is a pointer

to the fate of the nation

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3/23: Home, Country & Belonging

main lautne ke iraade se

jaa rahaa huun magar

safar safar hai

mera intezaar mat karna

i am leaving with the

intent to return, but

journey is a journey,

don’t wait up for me

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4/23: Home, Country & Belonging

be-waqt agar jaaunga

sab chaunk paDenge

ik umr hui din mein

kabhi ghar nahi dekha

if i go at an unexpected time

everyone will be shocked

it has been a lifetime and

i have not seen my home in daylight

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5/23: Home, Country & Belonging

talaash-e-rizq ka ye

marhala ajab hai ki ham

gharon se door bhi

ghar ke liye base hue hain

in search of livelihood

this stage is so strange that

we have settled far away from home

just for the sake of our homes

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6/23: Home, Country & Belonging

'jamaal' har shehar se hai pyaara

vo shehar mujh ko

jahaan se dekha tha

pehli baar aasmaan main ne

jamaal, of all the cities

that city is dear to me

from where i saw the sky

for the first time

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7/23: Home, Country & Belonging

subh-e-kaazib ki hawa mein

dard tha kitna 'muneer'

rail ki seeti baji to

dil lahu se bhar gaya

how much pain there is

in the breeze of the dawn of deceit

hearing the whistle of the train

the heart is filled with blood

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8/23: Home, Country & Belonging

tum bilkul ham jaise nikle

ab tak kahaan chhupe thay, bhai

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

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9/23: Home, Country & Belonging

nairangi-e-siyaasat-e-dauraan

to dekhiye

manzil unhein mili

jo shareek-e-safar na thay

observe the irony of

the politics of this era

those who did not even travel

have reached the destination

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10/23: Home, Country & Belonging

zabaan hamaari na samjha

yahaan koi 'majrooh'

hum ajnabi ki tarah

apne hi watan mein rahe

no one here, ‘majrooh’,

understands what i say

i remain a stranger

in my own land

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11/23: Home, Country & Belonging

kal thake-haare parindon ne

naseehat ki mujhe

shaam Dhal jaaye to 'mohsin'

tum bhi ghar jaaya karo

the weary and exhausted birds

offered me this advice yesterday

when dusk falls, ‘mohsin’,

you should go home too

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12/23: Home, Country & Belonging

har dukaan apni jagah

hairat-e-nazaara hai

fikr-e-insaan ke sajaaye hue

bazaar to dekh

every shop in its own place

is a wonder to behold

look at the bazaar decorated

with concern for humanity

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13/23: Home, Country & Belonging

insha-ji ab ajnabiyon mein

chain se baaqi umr kaaTe

jin ki khaatir basti chhoDi

naam na lo un pyaaron ka

insha, spend the rest of your life

in peace among strangers

the loved ones for whom you

left your town, think not about them

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14/23: Home, Country & Belonging

tum bhi aakhir ho mard

kya jaano

ek aurat ka dard

kya jaano

you too, after all, are a man

what do you know?

about a woman’s pain

what do you know?

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15/23: Home, Country & Belonging

kalkatte ka jo zikr kiya

tu ne hum-nasheen

ek teer mere seene

pe mara, ke hai

when you mentioned Kolkata

oh my dear friend

you shot an arrow

straight into my heart

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16/23: Home, Country & Belonging

jinhen taareekh bhi

likhte Daregi

woh hungaame

yahaan hone lage hain

that even history

would fear to record

such chaotic events

have begun to happen here

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17/23: Home, Country & Belonging

kyun maang rahe ho

kisi baarish ki duaen

tum apne shikasta

dar-o-deewaar to dekho

why are you seeking

the blessings of rains

first pay attention to your

broken doors and walls

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18/23: Home, Country & Belonging

mera dil hai ek

bade se shehar jaisa

jis mein ek bhi ghar

nahi mere naam ka

my heart is like

a big, busy city

in which not even

one house is in my name

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19/23: Home, Country & Belonging

mera khuda mujhe bas

itna motabar kar de

main jis makaan mein rehta hoon

usko ghar kar de

oh god, make me

a trustworthy person

and the house in which i live

make it my home

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20/23: Home, Country & Belonging

tum raah mein chup-chaap

khaDe ho to gaye ho

kis kis ko bataaoge ki

ghar kyun nahi jaate

you stand there, silently

in the path

to how many will you explain

why you are not going home?

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21/23: Home, Country & Belonging

log har moD pe ruk ruk ke

sambhalte kyun hain

itna Darte hain to phir

ghar se nikalte kyun hain

why do people pause and hesitate

at every turn?

if they are so scared

why do they even leave home?

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22/23: Home, Country & Belonging

kabhi din ki dhoop mein jhoom ke

kabhi shab ke phool ko chuum ke

yun hi saath saath chalen sada

kabhi khatm apna safar na ho

sometimes swaying in the sunshine

sometimes kissing evening flowers

let us walk together forever

may our journey never end

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23/23: Home, Country & Belonging

us ke aangan mein

raushni thi magar

ghar ke andar

baDa andhera tha

the courtyard was

brightly lit

but the house inside

was pretty dark

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