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waqt se lamha lamhakheli hai

zindagi ik

ajab paheli hai

time unfolded

moment by moment

life is indeed

a strange riddle

Ameeta Parsuram Meeta (1)
ajab (11)

strange, wonderful

waqt (m) (20)

time

lamha (m) (1)

moment

paheli (f) (1)

riddle

Theme: Miscellany (44)

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bichhaaya hai qamar ne

chaandni ka farsh mehfil mein

whose radiant, beautiful face

has arrived in this get-together

the moon has spread a carpet

of moonlight in this gathering

Syed Yusuf Ali Khan Nazim (1)
jabeen (m) (3)

forehead, face

anjuman (m) (5)

gathering, assembly

aamad (f) (2)

arrival

bichhaaya (m) (1)

spread

qamar (m) (2)

moon

chaandni (f) (4)

moonlight

farsh (f) (1)

carpet

mehfil (f) (17)

gathering, concert

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yeh hi mumkin tha

itni ujlat me

the result of creation

is this ruined world

this was all that was possible

in such haste

mumkin (8)

possible

haasil (m) (6)

capture, possess

kun (m) (1)

creation

jahaan (m) (16)

world, universe

kharaab (m) (4)

ruin, spoil

ujlat (f) (1)

haste, hurry

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noor afshaan hai

jamaal-e-rukh-e-farda ki tarah

even in today’s

oppressive darkness, i feel

the light is spreading

like the beautiful face of the future

noor (m) (10)

light, radiance

rukh (m) (13)

face, direction

jabr (m) (1)

oppression, compulsion

maahaul (m) (1)

surrounding, ambience

zulmat (f) (2)

darkness

afshaan (m) (1)

glitter, spreading

jamaal (m) (5)

light, beauty, elegance

farda (m) (2)

dawn, tomorrow

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5 / 25 : Featured

har baras ke hon

din pachaas hazaar

may you stay well

for a thousand years

may each of those years

have fifty thousand days

salaamat (f) (2)

well

hazaar (8)

thousand

baras (m) (2)

years, year

Theme: Miscellany (44)

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sahraa mein ‘qais’

koh mein ‘farhaad’ rah gaya

in the path of love, bedaar,

who ever attains his goal?

majnu remained in the wilderness

and farhad in the mountains

koh (m) (4)

mountain

tai (f) (2)

traverse, pass through

sahraa (m) (6)

wilderness, desert

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7 / 25 : Featured

duuriyaan majbuuriyaan

tanhaaiyaan

life perhaps

is just this

distances, compulsions

loneliness

zindagi (f) (41)

life

perhaps, maybe

distances

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8 / 25 : Featured

dil TuuTe

aawaaz na aaye

when the glass breaks,

so much noise

when the heart breaks,

not even a whisper

sheesha (m) (3)

glass, mirror

TuuTe (3)

broken, break

ghul (m) (1)

noise, tumult

dil (m) (112)

heart

aawaaz (m) (3)

voice

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9 / 25 : Featured

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

pal (m) (7)

moment, nurture

intezaar (m) (21)

waiting

qurb (m) (2)

closeness, vicinity

baras (m) (2)

years, year

Theme: Miscellany (44)

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10 / 25 : Featured

mujh ko aadat hai

muskuraane ki

oh sorrow of life

don’t be angry

it is my habit

to smile

gham (m) (19)

sorrow, sadness

zindagi (f) (41)

life

naaraaz (m) (3)

angry, anger

aadat (f) (3)

habit

Theme: Miscellany (44)

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baad marne ke mere ghar se

yeh saamaan nikla

some pictures of my idols

a few letters from beautifuls

after my death, these are what

turned out in my home

chand (m) (4)

sundry, few

tasveer (m) (7)

photo, picture, image

butaan (m) (2)

beloved

haseenaon (m) (1)

beautiful women

khutoot (m) (2)

letter, writings

saamaan (m) (1)

things

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12 / 25 : Featured

marta huun main jis par

vo adaa aur hi kuchh hai

catastrophes they sure are

those airs and those manners

that style and grace for which i die

oh, it is something else

aafat (f) (1)

calamity, catastrophe, disaster

naaz (m) (6)

grace, pride, hauteur

andaaz (m) (10)

mannerism, style

adaa (m) (3)

style, grace

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13 / 25 : Featured

manzil ke liye do gaam chaloon

aur saamne manzil aa jaye

o passion of the heart, if i so desire

all things would appear before me

if i take two steps to my goal

the goal itself comes to meet me

Anonymous

saamne (13)

in front of, opposite

manzil (f) (24)

goal, destination

jazba (m) (4)

passion, emotion

muqaabil (m) (2)

in front of, opposite

gaam (m) (1)

step, foot

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14 / 25 : Featured

jis tarah sukhe hue phool

kitabon mein milen

as we part ways now, perhaps

we may meet again in our dreams

just as we find dried flowers

within the pages of an old book

bichhDe (m) (2)

disperse, part way

perhaps, maybe

kabhi (27)

on occasion

tarah (16)

type, like, similar to

sukhe (1)

dried

phool (m) (14)

flowers, flower

kitabon (m) (2)

books

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15 / 25 : Featured

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?

haal (m) (17)

plight, condition

angDaayi (f) (2)

tired stretching of limbs

ghazab (m) (1)

outrage, cruelty, intense

zaalim (m) (8)

oppressor, tyrant

Theme: Miscellany (44)

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16 / 25 : Featured

baa-wafaa jo aaj hain

kal bewafa ho jaayenge

passion is like the rising sun

and with time, the shade diminishes

those who are loyal today

will become disloyal tomorrow

shauq (m) (14)

passion, zeal

chaanv (m) (3)

shade

bewafa (m) (5)

unfaithful, disloyal

dhoop (f) (10)

heat from sun

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17 / 25 : Featured

zaroorat kya thi

muskurane ki

if the wish is to take my life

could have said so plainly

where was the need

to smile

Anonymous

jaan (m) (17)

life, strength / beloved

saaf saaf (m) (1)

simply, plainly

zaroorat (f) (4)

need, necessity

smile

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jaise beemar ko

be-wajh qaraar aa jaaye

like the gentle breeze

flowing through the deserts

like how the sick

unexpectedly get relief

sahraaon (m) (1)

deserts

haule (1)

sememory

beemaar (m) (2)

sick

withoutreason

qaraar (m) (6)

peace, calm, tranquil

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aur main saada

use lutf-e-zabaani samjha

she scolded me,

her words sharp with anger

i, in my innocence,

found it delightfully eloquent

gaali (f) (1)

scolding, cursing

saada (m) (1)

simple, innocent

lutf (m) (8)

comfort, joy, pleasure

zabaani (f) (2)

narration

samjha (m) (6)

understand

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20 / 25 : Featured

jo kho gaya main

usko bhulaataa chala gaya

that which i got in life

i thought of it as my good fate

those that i lost

i moved on, forgetting them

1971: Padma Shri

2013: Commemorative Stamp India

mil (8)

meet

muqaddar (m) (8)

fate, fortune

samajh (f) (6)

understand, understanding

kho (5)

lose

forgetting

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21 / 25 : Featured

tu mera shauq dekh

mera intezaar dekh

understand i am not

worthy of your attention

but look at my passion

and at my patience

maana (5)

agreed, listen to

deed (m) (2)

vision, sight

qaabil (m) (4)

worthy, deserving

shauq (m) (14)

passion, zeal

intezaar (m) (21)

waiting

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22 / 25 : Featured

aankhon ne meri

meel ka patthar nahi dekha

from the time i started walking

my sights were fixed on the goal

my eyes didn’t notice

the milestones along the way

1999: Sahitya Akademi

1999: Padma Shri

nazar (f) (33)

perspective, sight

patthar (m) (4)

stone

manzil (f) (24)

goal, destination

meel (m) (1)

mile

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tu ne to hum se aaj tak

koyi gila naheen kiya

how can i say that

you have any connection with me

until this day, you have not

once found fault with me

gila (m) (9)

fault, complaint

vaasta (m) (1)

connection

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24 / 25 : Featured

azmat-e-khaak se inkaar

karoge kab tak

for how long will you sing

praises for heavenly gods

for how long will you deny

human greatness

talak (m) (4)

till

azmat (f) (1)

greatness, magnificence

aflaak (m) (2)

heavenly body, skies

gun (m) (1)

praises, songs

gaaoge (1)

sing

khaak (m) (4)

dust, ashes, worthless

inkaar (m) (6)

rejection, refusal

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kisi se kuchh na kaha

bas udaas rehne lage

great people they were

when broken, bore it with dignity

not a word to anyone

just turned quietly sad

azeem (1)

great, grand, dignified

waqaar (m) (1)

dignity, honor, majesty

udaas (6)

sad

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