126 Urdu ash'ar / shaayari (shers, couplets) on the theme:
Friends, Family, & Community
mujhe gilaas baDe de
sharaab kam kar de
here people respect the apparel
not the man
give me a bigger glass
you can reduce the wine
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ke woh bhi uTh ke gayaa
jis ka ghar na thaa koyi
strange is the etiquette
of leaving a gathering
even those got up and left
who had no home to go to
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itna to ghar se mere
kuchh naheen ghar duur tera
these are all excuses
for not visting, my friend
my home, after all,
is not that far from yours
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aur us taraf tamaam
zamaana usi ka hai
until now, even i wasn’t
on my own side
and on that side
the whole world was her’s
2018: Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar
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sab ki nazron mein
aa gaye hain hum
she ignored me to
such extent
that i have now come
into everyone's sight
ignored, overlooked
sight
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tum rahe na tum
hum rahe na hum
what a beautiful tragedy
time has produced
you have not remained the same
nor have i remained myself
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qurbaton mein bhi
faasla hai yahaan
people here are cautious
in their behaviors
even in closeness
there is a distance
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aye jaane wafa
yeh zulm na kar
tyranny for loved ones
kindness for strangers
o faithful one
be not so cruel
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apne hi ghar mein
ajnabi ki tarah
the tragedy is that
people stay
in their own homes
as strangers
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tu ne kabhi dushman se
lipaT kar nahi dekha
you have only been waving
this dagger of hate
you haven't tried ever
embracing your enemy
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jo kho gaye hain
un ka pata mat kiya karo
not valuing those
who are with you
do not go searching
for those who are lost
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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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ghar kahi gum ho gaya
deewar-o-dar ki darmiyaan
how many walls have arisen
within a home
the home is now lost somewhere
within these walls and doors
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ab suna hai ki vahi shakhs
khafa hai mujh se
the one for whom i have
turned my back on all bonds
i hear that very person
now resents me
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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
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qurbaton mein bhi
faasla nikla
in love too
politics arose
in even closeness
distances emerged
love
politics
closeness, proximity
distance
turned out, came out
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aaj ka din
guzar na jaye kahin
have seen you
after so long
hope the day
doesn't end
pass through, spent
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jo shakhs bhool gaya
usko yaad kya rakhna
cast off
the pretense of false delusions
why remember those
who have forgotten you?
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aap se phir tum hue
phir tu ka unwaan ho gaye
when love grew beyond a point
it erased all formality
addressing as aap became a tum
which affectionately turned into tu
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vo kya karen jo tum se
khafa ho nahin sakte
please, at least tell us this
before you get angry
what do those people do
who can't get angry with you?
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main ek shaam chura luun
agar bura na lage
the weather of your city
is so pleasant
may i steal an evening
if you don’t mind
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saza ko jaante hain hum
khuda jaane khataa kya hai
we are counted among the sinners
yet, unaware of our sins
we know the punishment,
god only knows what the crime is
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tum ko to etiraaz hi
karne ka shauq tha
we may have done good or bad
at least we did something
you, however, were only
fond of raising objections
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dushman bhi mere haal pe
ab aab-deeda hai
if you can’t pity me,
my friend, what can i do?
for even the enemy weeps,
listening to my fate
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kahiye jalti rahe ya
shama bujhaa di jaaye
you have come and the
house is filled with light
tell me, should i keep them lit
or turn these lamps off
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qadr kho deta hai
har roz ka aana jaana
it is better to meet
on occasion, 'ameer'
frequent visits
make one lose value
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tu dost hai to naseehat
na kar khuda ke liye
my conscience is enough
for my punishment
if you are my friend,
for god’s sake, don’t give me advice
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wahi andaaz hai
zaalim ka zamaane wala
though being my friend
he does not stand by me
just like the way
the heartless world always behaves
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pehchaanta naheen hoon abhi
rahbar ko main
i go searching for a short while
with whoever is whizzing past
i am yet to find someone
a guide to show the way
quest, search
fast, speed, quick
gallop, rhythm
spot, identify
guide, leader, ruler
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main ghar se jab nikalta huun
dua bhi saath chalti hai
my mother is still alive
nothing bad can happen to me
whenever i leave the home
her blessings accompany me
2014: Sahitya Akademi
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kuchh log mere hisse ka
sooraj bhi kha gaye
my house got trapped
among tall towers
they consumed even
the share of my sunlight
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kahte hain aap Theek hain
rahte hain beqaraar se
whatever is in your heart
please tell me openly
you say you're fine
but seem so restless
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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
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koyi dushman bhi tera
hai ki naheen?
your friends always
hide all your faults
do you have enemies
or no?
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gar aap khud khush ho to
sab ko khush kar sakte hain
by grace, kindness is
found in the heart
if you are happy yourself…
you can make others happy
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baDa naheen huun magar tujh se
qad mein kam bhi naheen
i bowed when i met you
but do keep this in mind
i am not greater than you
but am not less either
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aur phir umr bhar
na jaaye kahin
my wish is
for you to come
and then
you don’t leave ever
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tamanna raqs karti hai
takhayyul gungunaata hai
when this someone called to
wish me a new year on the phone
desire dances around me
my imagination stars to sing
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masroof hum bahut hain
magar bekhabar naheen
it is wrong to assume
i am not paying attention to you
i am quite busy, but yet
i am not unaware
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dost hota nahin
har haath milaane waala
you mistake a gesture of formality
for sincere affection, 'faraz'
not every one who shakes your hand
is a friend
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ek musaafir bhi
qaafila hai mujhe
need a companion
not a crowd
one such person
is a caravan for me
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jab yaad ham aa jaayen,
milne ki dua karna
as you leave, goodbye, but
a small request of you
when i come to your mind
do pray for us to meet again
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jo ajnabi mila
wahi apna laga mujhe
wounded by my loved ones
when i left the city
the strangers i met
felt like my own
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rang dekho
ghareeb khane ka
my beloved made a promise
to come
just look at how this humble abode
has turned so colorful
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tum se to itna ho sakta hai
poochho haal bechaaron ka
they won’t open their mouths
those who love you will say nothing
if it is possible for you, at least
ask the condition of the poor souls
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dushmanon se koi khatra nahi
bas apne par nazar rakhna
having arrived in this world
figure out the art of living
there is no danger from enemies
just keep a watch on your dear ones
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tu samajhta hai mujhe
tujh se gila kuchh bhi naheen
i remain silent for this reason:
to not create a scene
but you conclude (mistakenly)
i have no complaints against you
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jab bure waqt pe dekha to
koyi yaar na tha
who wasn't i friends with?
who didn't i love dearly?
in my days of misfortune,
i didn't have a single friend
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khud ko ghar se
nikaal rakkha hai
for the well-being
of the house
i have kept myself
out of it
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ke tere marz ka ilaaj
mehfil hai doston ki
feeling my pulse
my doctor smiled and said
the cure for your illness
is a party with friends
Anonymous
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tu ne vaada kiya tha
yaad to kar
your constraints
are understandable, but...
you made a promise
please remember that
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woh sochta hai to
mujhko sunaayi deta hai
sometimes, he
grants such access
when he thinks
i can hear him
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shama ka jism pighalne
ke baad aayi
this light hasn’t come into
your room all by itself
it has come after burning
the body of a candle
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jo tumhen bhulaa chuka hai
use tum bhi bhool jaao
for how long this obsession over the
unfaithfulness of someone, ‘faraz’
the one who has forgotten you
you should forget them too
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to yeh rishta nibhaana
kis qadar aasaan ho jaaye
try giving up
all expectations of someone
hen notice how effortless it is
to keep the bond alive
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kuchh hum se kaha hota
kuchh hum se suna hota
you spoke to strangers,
you lent them a patient ear
wish you had a word with me,
heard me out too
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mere safeene ko
gharqaab dekhne ke liye
such a strange rival
he drowned along with me
just to witness
my boat go under
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woh tijaarat hai
dosti hi naheen
a friendship animated
by personal gain
is a transaction
not friendship at all
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milengi khamiyaan apne hi
shah-kaaron mein
if i would see myself
through the eyes of others
i’d surely see the flaws indeed
in my own reasons and actions
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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
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kal phir mashhoor ho jaaun toh
koyi rishta nikaal lena
i am an unknown today
so keep some distance
tomorrow when i become famous
you can find a relationship with me
Anonymous
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mujh se dekha na gaya
us ka pashemaan hona
how regretful i am
after complaining to someone
i couldn't bear to
seem them be repentant
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tera aansu mere
rumaal mein aa jata hai
my eyes are aware
of your weeping
and your tears find
their way into my handkerchief
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khushk mausam tha
magar TuuT ke barsaat hui
eyes welled with the
reunion of the loved one
after a long season of drought
the sky broke to rain down
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basthi ka har charaagh
bujhana pada hamein
for me to shine my lamp
as the moon
i had to snuff out
all the other lamps in the city
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saaf pehchan liya jata hun
roya hua main
i get acquainted with others
with a smile, ‘zafar’
but i get to know them clearly
only when i am weeping
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jo dosti yahi Thahri
to dushmani kya hai?
under the guise of loyalty
so much cruelty inflicted upon us
if this is friendship
what then is enmity?
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khud ko
be-etibaar karte ho
why do you make promises
again and again
you only make
yourself untrustworthy
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aise zinda thay ki
jeene ki alaamat hum thay
we were the flowers, the colors
the freshness of those moments
we lived like
we were the symbols of living
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be-matlab baaton
se achchhi khaamoshi
better than pointless get-togethers
is solitude
better than meaningless talk
is silence
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dekhna hai kheenchta hai
mujh pe pehla teer kaun
my friends too
like my enemies…are free
i have to see who
shoots the first arrow at me
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muskuraa dete hain bachche
aur mar jaata huun main
at the end of the day
when i return home, empty-handed
my kids make me smile
and i die a little inside
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phir tasavvur ne liya
us bazm me jaane ka naam
flowers bloomed in sight again
and, again, my heart lit up
when i imagined again
going to the joyful gathering
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aqrabaa mere
karen qatl ka daavaa kis par
he's the murderer, the martyr
and he the judge remains
oh kinsmen of mine,
who shall we accuse of the murder?
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saare jahaan ka dard
hamaare jigar mein hai
dagger plunges into someone
and i am the one to suffer, ameer
the pain of the whole world
is gathered in my heart
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ek rishta jise
ta-umr nibhaaye rakkha
a relationship to which
i could give no name
a relationship that
i upheld for a lifetime
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chaahat ki is had par, yaarab,
hum to deewaane lagte hain
why do new acquaintances
seem like old friends to us
affection to this extent, oh god,
makes us look a little mad
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saaya bhi juda ho gaya
jab waqt pada hai
for ages
it has been this way
even your shadow leaves
when bad times fall
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jo chhanv mehrban ho
use apna ghar na jaan
whoever you find along the way
mistake them not as friends of life
that free shade you find
mistake it not as your home
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muaaf kar ke mujhe
inteqaam us ne liya
i had fallen wounded
when he picked and held me
forgiving me
he took his revenge
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ab milte hain
jab bhi fursat hoti hai
once, we stole time
to be with each other
now, we only meet
only if leisure permits
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to kya, tum mere dil ke
aur bhi kareeb ho gaye ho
even though you are
far away from my sight
so what, you have come
even closer to my heart
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kitna aasaan tha
ilaaj mera
if only they had asked
how i am doing
how easy would
my cure have been
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is shahr ka har rahne vaala
kyun doosre shahr mein rahta hai
the sadness of the streets asks
the silence of the house says
why do all people of this city
live in some other city
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mehroom rehte hain jo
shafiq-e-deedaar se
they wilt and they scatter
those sad relationships
that are deprived of the
compassionate sight of the beloved
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yeh zameen chaand se behtar
nazar aati hai hamen
when life brings me to
your gathering
this earth looks to me
more beautiful than the moon
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sochta hun teri
himaayat mein
there are arguments
made against you, but
i think
in your defense
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mumkin hi nahi lagta
ai dost, tujhe paanaa
arriving like a dream, and
leaving with fragrance behind
it seems impossible, my friend,
to find someone like you
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tum ne achcha kiya
nibaah na ki
my faithfulness
brought me no joy
you did well
by not keeping faith
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'jaun' yaaron ke
yaar the hum to
my friends now
don’t even remember me
though ‘juan’ was
a dear friend of theirs
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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
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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
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kitne pyaare hain
mujhe chhoD ke jaane waale
those who embrace me tightly
every time we meet
how loving they are…those who
leave me behind eventually
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tu ne bhi khudaayaa meri
niyyat nahin dekhi
like everyone else
you too pointed out my flaws
you too, oh god,
did not see my intentions
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ik zara aaina
dikhaane mein
how angry
friends became
when just shown
the mirror
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mere bachche mujhe
budha nahi hone dete
the mountain of needs
won’t let me get tired
my children
won’t let me grow old
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jo waqt aane par
waqt dete hai
beautiful
are those
who, when times are tough,
give us their time
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ik hosh ki saa'at kya kahiye
kuch yaad rahi kuch bhool gaye
when the wine-pourer handed me the cup
when the drinks were flowing freely
what to say of that moment of awareness
some things remembered, some forgotten
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sar itna mat jhukaao ki
dastaar gir pade
what harm is there
in bowing respectfully, but
don’t bend so much
that your hat falls off
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kitni azaadi se hum
apni hadon mein qaid hain
even in closeness, we are
imprisoned by distances
how freely we are confined
within our boundaries
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lekin shaheed ho gaye
biwi ki nauj se
akbar was not subdued by
the army of an emperor
but he was martyred
by the lament of his wife
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jaane na jaane gul hi na jaane
baagh to saara jaane hai
every leaf, every plant
knows my feelings
the whole garden knows them,
even if the flower doesn't
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khuda shaahid hai…ThanDak
aaj tak hum dil mein paate hain
that day you placed your
henna-ed hand on my chest
god as my witness, to this day
i find the comfort in my heart
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is takalluf se karam ho to
sitam hota hai
this inquiry of my condition
is so that i can’t say anything
kindness with such formality
becomes cruelty indeed
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lub oopar oopar hanste hain
dil andar andar rota hai
what use complaining of friends, when
what’s visible and hidden are different
their lips seem to smile
while they are weeping inside
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honTon pe latife hain
awaaz mein chaale hain
in this city,
the style of living is so strange
wit and smile on the lips
but sharp edges in the voice
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aur tabeeb bankar
khudi marham lagaate hai
(s)he hurts me, piercing
arrows into my heart
and then (s)he heals it,
applying the balm
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ye betarteeb yaaraane
haseen maloom hote hain
frequent meetings make
the heart lose its thrill
these scattered encounters
are charming and delightful
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kaise kaise log thay beemaar
achchhe ho gaye
just the rumour of your arrival
had such an effect
all sorts of sick people
got cured instantly
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kahne ko
ghamkhwaar hai duniya
who truly shares
anyone else's sorrow?
the world only
pretends to care
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mere naseeb ki har ek
khushi mile tum ko
may i take all the sorrows
that are meant for you
and may all the happiness
destined for me...be yours
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sab kuch allah ne de rakkha hai
shawhar ke siva
who indeed is luckier
than gauhar at this moment?
god has given her everything
except a husband
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kya khabar thi jaate jaate
woh dua de jaayega
how regretful i am
for criticizing him harshly
who knew, that while leaving
he would bless me and go
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aksar hain maal waale
kum hain kamaal waale
after deep scrutiny
we discovered this truth
there are many with wealth
but few with true excellence
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khuda ki rehmat hai
khuda ki inaayat hai
this tiny life
this hint of a smile
is god's mercy
and the gift of providence
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gila na kar jo kabhi
tera humnava na hua
my entire life, i struggled
and fought with myself
so, don’t complain that
i couldn’t be there for you
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tera haath haath mein aa gaya ke
charaagh raah mein jal gaye
achieving my goals has become easier
winds have changed direction in my favor
when your hand did join my hand
bright lamps lit up my entire path
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dhoop roke hai
mera chahne wala kaisa
who has provided a shade
for me in this desert
how are my dear ones able to
protect me from this searing heat
2005: Sitara-i-Imtiaz
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mujhe raahzanon se gila naheen
teri rahbari ka savaal hai
don’t talk about irrelevant stuff
first tell us how the caravan got looted
i have no complaint against the robbers
i have questions about your leadership
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maine kis kis ko zamaane mein
khafa rakha hai
don't you know
for the sake of your pleasure
how many in this world
have i upset and alienated
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kaise naadaan hain
shoalon ko hawa dete hain
people punish me
for my crime of love
how naive they are…
stoking the flames more
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wafaa jafaa ka
puraana hisaab rahne do
let us start anew
let us make new vows
leave the old accounts
of faith and betrayal alone
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main chaahtaa huun
khafa ho to woh khafa hi lage
what a strange man
who smiles though upset inside
i wish he looks angry
when he is angry within
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