44 Urdu ash'ar / shaayari (shers, couplets) on the theme:
Miscellany
sharaab naach rahi thi
gilaas baiThe rahe
this scene unfolds
before my eyes
the wine is dancing
and the glass is sitting still
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kis ghazab ka dard, zaalim
tere afsaane mein tha
after hearing my plight,
stretching and yawning, you said
oh cruel one, what great pain
was there in your story?
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aayi hai january
to december chala gaya
a moment of closeness
and then a year of waiting again
january has come
but december has gone
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laDte hain aur haath mein
talwaar bhi naheen
who wouldn’t lay down his life,
oh god, at this innocence
she fights but without
a sword in her hand
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jo hamein zahr pilaate hue
mar jaate hain
i am accused
of killing them
who died
feeding me poison
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shikast kha ke woh
pani mein zahr Daal aaya
what a strange passion
this thirst for revenge is
after being defeated,
he returned, poisoning the water
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khud hum ko mohabbat ka
sabaq yaad nahin hai
with what face can i
complain about her neglect
when i myself don’t remember
the essentials of love
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muskuraana na
bhuul jaaya karo
smile is
beauty’s treasure
don’t forget
to keep smiling
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use kuchh zakhm kya
dikhla diye hain
he considers himself
a savior
just because some wounds
were shown to him
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magar ek wasf hai mujh mein
dil-aazaari nahin karta
i am after all a human
prone to making some mistakes
but i have this in me that
i never cause heartache
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aap ki soorat to
dekha chaahiye
for pretty faces
you are so keen, 'asad'
you should take a look
at your face once
face, in the form of
pretty faces
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rah-ravaan-e-raah-e-manzil
honge shashdar dekhna
the blood of the soles of my feet,
spreads light in all directions
that followers to the destination,
watch them be amazed
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hum ne sadiyon ka
faasla dekha
between your going
and coming
i have experienced
the distance of ages
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mere andar jo na tha
us ko bayaan main ne kiya
all my efforts and strivings
i have rendered futile
i tried giving expression to
what is not within me
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jo din guzar gaye
unko ginaa na kar
count on the seasons
yet to come
and count not
the days that have passed
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khud ko pehchan
lo to behtar hai
before others
figure you out
better you
figure yourself out
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saamne aaina
rakh liya kijiye
as you get ready
to criticize others
keep a mirror
handy
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rind ka saaqi ka mae ka
khum ka paemaane ka naam
may god (or critics) be blessed
it is because of them
the drunkard, wine-pourer, wine
cask and goblet have gained fame
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har ek pal guzar gaya
banaake dil pe ik nishaan
each moment passed by
while in search of a past moment
each moment passed by
leaving a mark on the heart
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bahut aayenge patthar
dekh lena
you made your house
with glass, 'aazar'
just watch...
many stones will come at it
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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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woh zamaana yaad hai
To fill
i still remember
To fill
i still remember
To fill
2014: Commemorative Stamp, India
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hum thay pareshaan
tum se zyaada
what can you lecture me
about being agitated
i was more concerned
than you ever were
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jashn manao
saal-e-nau ke
the paths forward
are dressed up like a bride
celebrate
the new year
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sambhalne mein
pareshani bahut hai
drunkenness is not
in my nature, but
practicing moderation
is quite difficult
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log samjhe ki
mar gaye hain ham
it is by first diving in and drowning
that i was able to cross the river
and here people are thinking
i was dead
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ab koyi film mukammal
naheen dekhi jaati
now my attention
keeps drifting somewhere else
i am not able to
watch any movie completely
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shabnam ka qatra bhi
jin ko dariya lagta hai
imagine for how long
they have been parched
for whom even a dew drop
seems a river
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din bhar ki mashaqqat se
badan TuuT raha hai
o night, take me into your lap
like my mother
the toil and troubles of the day
have broken my body
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mujh ko aadat hai
muskuraane ki
oh sorrow of life
don’t be angry
it is my habit
to smile
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calendar ke badalne se
muqaddar kab badalta hai
what is the point in wishing
others a happy new year
when does fate every change
by the turning of the calendar?
leisure
fate, fortune
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dhool chehre pe thi
aur aaina saaf karta raha
all through life, ghalib,
kept making the same mistake
the dust was on my face, but
kept cleaning the mirror
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deewar poochti hai ki
saaya kidhar gaya
oh searing, mid-day sun
tell me what reply should i give
the walls are asking
where has the shadow gone?
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to samundar ki tarah
shor machaata kya hai
your experience so trivial
your existence so shallow
why do you create a furor
like a noisy sea
feeling, experience
life, existence, being
shallow, knee-deep
make noise
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jab aankh hi se na Tapka to
phir lahoo kya hai
that which courses through veins
i don't much care for
if it doesn't drip from the eyes
how can it be blood?
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ki jab mera dil hii
dushman mera ho gaya
what can i expect
from a stranger
when my own heart
has become my enemy
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chehre ko sundar bana
aayina mat toD
to whom all will you justify?
quit this helpless lamenting
make your face better
don’t break the mirror
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us ne jo pher li nazar
main ne bhi jaam rakh diya
even in the intensity of thirst
my dignity of drinking remained
when she turned her face away
i too put down my cup
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jis mein jitna zarf hai
utna hi wo khaamosh hai
the calm of the ocean says
to the noise of the river
(s)he that can contain a lot
remains that silent
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har baras ke hon
din pachaas hazaar
may you stay well
for a thousand years
may each of those years
have fifty thousand days
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kah diya us ne ki
phir hum kya karen
after listening to my entire
story of sorrow and despair
she said
well, what can i do?
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muddaa hum ko
inteqaam se hai
wish you find someone
just like yourself
what matters to me
is just revenge
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kinaare se kabhi
andaaza-e-toofan nahi hota
to understand love
you should first fall in love
from the shore, how can you
ever get a sense of the storm
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