30 Urdu ash'ar / shaayari (shers, couplets) on the theme:
Home, Country, & Belonging
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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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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qadr-e-watan hui hamein
tark-e-watan ke baad
in the cool shade of exile
i yearned for the heat of its sun
only after abandoning the homeland
did i understand its true worth
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har shakhs poochhta hai yahi
tum yahaan kahaan
i remain a stranger
in my own land
everyone still asks
'what are you doing here?'
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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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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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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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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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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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hum apne sheher mein hote
to ghar gaye hote
this freezing night, this restless drifting
this burden of sleep
if i were in my town
i would have gone home
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galiyon se sar jhuka ke
guzarne lagaa huun main
oh delhi, where has the
charm of your lanes gone?
now i walk through your streets
with my head bowed
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ghar ke andar
baDa andhera tha
the courtyard was
brightly lit
but the house inside
was pretty dark
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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
shop
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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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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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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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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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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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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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gum-karda raah-e-baagh huun
yaad aashiyaan naheen
inquire not of my desolate state
for what could i say?
i wander astray in the garden
with no memory of my home
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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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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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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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mere kisaanon ne shahron mein
naukri kar li
when hunger grew in
the fields of my village
the farmers left
to work in the cities
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warna apna dar-o-deewaar se
rishta kya hai?
it is just a thought
that binds us to this house
else, what ties do i have
with these doors and walls?
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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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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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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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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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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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