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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
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (126)
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chup rahoge to
log sun lenge
please do keep
saying something
if you remain silent
people will hear
silent, quiet
Theme: Voice, Expression, & Language (70)
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3 / 25 : Featured
ghar mein jo tha bach gaya
aur jo naheen tha jal gaya
what a work of wonder is
surrendering to the fire of love
those in the house were saved
those that weren’t got burnt
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4 / 25 : Featured
tamaam umr ka ab
silsila hai mere liye
that one reflection flashed
in my sight for just a moment
now for my entire life
it is a saga for me
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5 / 25 : Featured
khud ko pehchan
lo to behtar hai
before others
figure you out
better you
figure yourself out
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6 / 25 : Featured
ik zara divaangi
darkaar hai
there is nothing lacking
in intellect and reason
but you still need
a touch of madness
Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (122)
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7 / 25 : Featured
mera naara:
inquilaab-o inquilaab-o inquilaab
change is my mission
youth is my name
my slogan:
revolution, revolution, revolution
Theme: Oppression, Rebellion, & Freedom (57)
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8 / 25 : Featured
jab tujhe
ek nazar dekha tha
i remembered
those first showers
when i
caught a glimpse of you
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (113)
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9 / 25 : Featured
ek hi aan mein
ghulaam kiya
with such grace
did she greet me
in a trice
she enslaved me
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (102)
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10 / 25 : Featured
dekh kar tasveer ko
tasveer phir kheenchi to kya
one show draw a portrait
from just one's imagination
if a picture is drawn by
looking at another...what's the point?
Theme: Creativity, Philosophy, & Enlightenment (37)
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11 / 25 : Featured
gul se jo dil lagaa hai
abtar hai haal us ka
the nightingale, drunk with passion,
circles me, weeping
its heart bound to the rose
its state has grown wretched
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12 / 25 : Featured
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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13 / 25 : Featured
zindagaani ka
saamna kar ke
who has ever found
peace in this world
facing the trials and travails
of this life
world
comfort, peace
to gain, to secure
confront, encounter
life
Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (122)
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14 / 25 : Featured
bulbul ab jaan
hatheli pe liye baiThi hai
whether it is the hunter's approach
or dread of autumn
the nightingale waits, afraid,
holding its life in its palms
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15 / 25 : Featured
nayi nayi si hai kuchh
teri raahguzar phir bhi
a thousand times has
the world passed by here
even then, your (love’s) path
seems new every time
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (113)
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16 / 25 : Featured
rahbar ne mil ke luuT liya
raahzan ke saath
of our caravans, majrooh,
the story is this
the ruler has looted us
joining hands with the robber
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17 / 25 : Featured
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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18 / 25 : Featured
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
Theme: Home, Country, & Belonging (27)
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kayi baar aisa hua hai
federer ko yaad karte karte
if my heart stops a while
don’t presume I am dead
many a time it so happens
when i recollect federer!
Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (62)
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20 / 25 : Featured
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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21 / 25 : Featured
ki lagaaye na lage
aur bujhaaye na bane
we have no power over love,
it is a burning fire, ghalib
lights up without being lit, and
once lit, can’t be extinguished
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (113)
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22 / 25 : Featured
wo aayenge thaame jigar
dekh lena
the effect of my sighs
you just watch
my beloved will come, heart in hand
you just watch
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (106)
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23 / 25 : Featured
jab tum chalo
zameen chale aasmaan chale
when i go, not even my shadow
keeps me company
when you go
the earth follows, the sky follows
Theme: Nature, World & Universe (48)
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yaad aayi mere isa ko
dawa mere baad
my beloved came to my grave
after i am dead
my healer remembered the cure
after i am gone
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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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