38 Urdu ash'ar / shaayari (shers, couplets) containing the word:
mohabbat: love
1 / 38: mohabbat
mohabbat jis se ho
bas wo haseen hai
don’t look to me
for praise of beauty
whoever i am in love with
my beloved is beautiful
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2 / 38: mohabbat
khairaat mein itni baDi
daulat nahi milti
when there is no boldness in the heart
love cannot be obtained
in alms, such a treasure
cannot be obtained
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3 / 38: mohabbat
us pe likha hai
mohabbat karna
on the piece of paper
in my lucky amulet
it is written…
just love
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (113)
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4 / 38: mohabbat
naam agar chahte ho
himmat-e-mardaana karo
lay down your life, 'faheem',
in the spirit of love
if you desire fame
act with fearless courage
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5 / 38: mohabbat
musaafiron ki mohabbat ka
eitbaar na kar
talk to travelers
about love
but never trust
the love of travelers
Theme: Quest, Journey, & Destination (52)
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6 / 38: mohabbat
magar teri mohabbat ka
taqaaza kuchh aur
i hold a few pearl-like
words in my lap
but the demands of your love
are something else entirely
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7 / 38: mohabbat
faizaan-e-mohabbat aam sahi
irfaan-e-mohabbat aam nahin
if god doesn’t give guidance
man is not competent
grace of love is common
but not love’s enlightenment
1959: Sahitya Akademi
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8 / 38: mohabbat
jaane kyun aaj
tere naam pe rona aaya
o love, i wept
at your outcome
not sure why, i wept
hearing your name today
1961: Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist
1962: Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist
1963: Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (106)
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10 / 38: mohabbat
kitna rangeen
mohabbat tera afsaana hai
life is about to end
but the moth is still dancing
oh, how colorful
is your love story
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11 / 38: mohabbat
kya khabar ahl-e-mohabbat ka
taraana ban jaaye
that poem written today
on separation from you
who knows...could become a song
for those in love tomorrow
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12 / 38: mohabbat
itni khoobsurat
ye zindagi naheen hoti
if there is no
light of love in the heart
life does not turn out
to be so beautiful
Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (122)
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13 / 38: mohabbat
ruuTh kar vaqt ganvaane ki
zaroorat kya hai
as it is, life is
too short for loving
why get upset and
waste it all away
Anonymous
Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (122)
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14 / 38: mohabbat
ye woh mai hai jise rakhte hain
naazuk aabginon mein
for love, seek a heart
that is fragile
this wine is meant for
delicate goblets
Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (62)
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15 / 38: mohabbat
lete na kabhi bhool ke ham
naam-e-mohabbat
had i known the
consequences of love
even by mistake, i wouldn’t
have uttered its name
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16 / 38: mohabbat
mohabbat kis ko deti hai, miyaan,
aaraam sukoon duniya mein?
don't complain, sauda,
about your heart's restlessness
for whom has love given
peace and quiet in this world?
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17 / 38: mohabbat
ye haqeeqat to
nigaahon se bayaan hoti hai
who says that love
is expressed through words
the truth is it is
signaled through the eyes
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18 / 38: mohabbat
magar masla to ye hai
dil baDi mushkil se milta hai
love makes life colorful
when two hearts meet
but what is difficult
is for two hearts to meet
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19 / 38: mohabbat
ye woh afsaana hai jo
bekahe mashhoor hota hai
how much ever they hide love
none can really hide it
this is a story, unspoken,
becomes well-known
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20 / 38: mohabbat
kuchh bekusur log
saza maangne lage
she gave me such punishment
for the crime of love
that even the faultless have
started seeking the punishment
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (102)
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21 / 38: mohabbat
taair ko qafas se bhi
kahin ho hai mohabbat?
can the spirit truly
fall in love with the body?
can a bird ever feel
love for its own prison?
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22 / 38: mohabbat
koyi hans de to
mohabbat ka gumaan hota hai
maybe this too is
a shade of my deprivation
that if anyone smiles
it seems to me like love
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23 / 38: mohabbat
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
Theme: Miscellany (44)
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24 / 38: mohabbat
na kuchh marne ka gham hota
na jeene ka maza hota
if one is not familiar
with the pain of love
he feels neither sadness of death
nor joy of life
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25 / 38: mohabbat
mazaa har ek leta hai
mohabbat karta hai kaun
what is urdu
but a courtesan in a brothel
everyone has fun with her
but who loves her really?
Theme: Voice, Expression, & Language (70)
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26 / 38: mohabbat
mohabbat kya karenge
dost dushman dekhne waale
in the eyes of nature
flowers and thorns are the same
how can one ever love, thinking
in terms of friends and foes
Theme: Nature, World & Universe (48)
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27 / 38: mohabbat
har dil mein mohabbat ki
ek aag laga denge
i will make the world
listen to tales of woe
in every heart i will
light a fire of love
1961: Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist
1962: Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist
1963: Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist
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28 / 38: mohabbat
main ne jis haath ko chooma
vahi khanjar nikla
i was convinced about the love
of those in my society
but, the hand that i sought to kiss
turned out to be a dagger
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29 / 38: mohabbat
raag raag mein daudthi phirthi hai
nashtar liye hue
what can i say about
where love is and where it isn’t
it courses through every vein,
daggers drawn
1959: Sahitya Akademi
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (113)
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30 / 38: mohabbat
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
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31 / 38: mohabbat
rahatein aur bhi hain
wasl ki raahat ke siva
there are other sorrows
in this life than love’s longing
there are other comforts too
than the union with the beloved
Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (122)
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32 / 38: mohabbat
teri mehfil mein lekin
hum na honge
there will be no shortage
of those that love you
but in your celebration
alas, i won’t be there
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (126)
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33 / 38: mohabbat
baaqi umr
izaafi hai
one love
is enough
the rest of life
is just surplus
Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (122)
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34 / 38: mohabbat
yeh kehne mein mujh ko
zamaane lage hain
all i wanted to say was
that i am in love
for me to say this
took a lifetime
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (113)
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35 / 38: mohabbat
ab mujh ko nahin kuchh bhi
mohabbat ke siwa yaad
i remember not the world’s cruelty
nor my own faithful toiling
i don’t now remember anything
but my love
1959: Sahitya Akademi
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36 / 38: mohabbat
kya mohabbat ka
yahi anjaam hai?
my heart is in turmoil
without peace
is this truly
the destined end of love?
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37 / 38: mohabbat
na hoti mohabbat
na hota zuhoor
from gloom, love drew
the radiance of light
without love
there is no sight
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38 / 38: mohabbat
kiraae ke ghar the
badalte rahe
love, hatred
faithfulness, indifference
it was a rented house
kept changing
love
hatred
indifference
rented house
faithfulness
Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (62)
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