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rooyi ki tarah uD jaayenge
hum dekhenge
when the mighty mountains
of tyranny and oppression
fly away like clumps of cotton
we shall see
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ishq-o-junoon ki aag
jo dil mein jawaan na ho
the decorations and adornments
of beauty and life are useless
unless the fires of love and passion
are young and burning in the heart
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (127)
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tishnagi lab pe sajaaye hue
mar jaaoge
don’t place your faith and rely
rely on the kindness of the ocean
you will die with your lips
decorated by thirst
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4 / 25 : Featured
doosra naam hai
meri shab-e-tanhaai ka
what does anyone know
about the day of apocalypse
it is another name for
my night of loneliness
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5 / 25 : Featured
humne kaunsi sadiyan
guzarni hai yahan
why is life teaching me
so many lessons?
how many ages am I
going to spend here?
Theme: Time, Life & Learning (139)
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6 / 25 : Featured
darvaaza ghar se
saikdon farsang ho gaya
the heart's words don't
find a voice even as a whisper
the door has become so
distant from the home
Anonymous
Theme: Voice, Expression, & Language (82)
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7 / 25 : Featured
phir aao vaheen langar Daalen
phir aao unhen aabaad karen
in the ocean of the past, often
islands of memories are found
so, come, let’s anchor here
so, come, let’s dwell here
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8 / 25 : Featured
hai wasl se zyaada
mazaa intezaar ka
so many kinds of unmet desires
coursing through the heart
but more fun in the waiting
than there is in the getting
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9 / 25 : Featured
saath abr-e-baharaan ke
woh zulf bhi lehraaye
it's not just the season of flowers
that has intoxicated the crazed
along with the spring clouds
her hair fluttered too
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10 / 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
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zindagi kya hai
kitabon ko haTa kar dekho
get out into the sun
take a bath in the clouds
figure out life
by first closing the book
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12 / 25 : Featured
barq si gir gayi kaam hi kar gayi
aag aisi lagaayi…maza aa gaya
oh my envy-of-the-moon…when our
eyes met the first time…’twas thrilling
lightning came down and did its job
it lit a fire such that…’twas so thrilling
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (115)
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ye haadsa tha ki main
umr bhar safar mein raha
i knew that those at home
were waiting for me
the misfortune was that i spent
my whole life out traveling
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zeest ke ranj
bhool jaate hain
when your eyes
do smile
the sorrows of life
i forget for a while
Theme: Time, Life & Learning (139)
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15 / 25 : Featured
shabnam ka qatra bhi
jin ko dariyaa lagta hai
imagine for how long
they have been parched
for whom even a dew drop
seems a river
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16 / 25 : Featured
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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aye jaan yahi hai
maah-e-shawwal hamara
when you signaled your affection,
it has become eid for me
my love, this is
the joyous month for me
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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
Theme: Miscellany (44)
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pyaar mein jab talak naheen TuuTe
dil kisi kaam ka naheen hota
it is not worth mentioning
not does it belong anywhere
until it breaks for the sake of love
this heart is of no use anywhere
Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (68)
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20 / 25 : Featured
ab sukh ke sapne kya dekhen
jab dukh ka sooraj sar par ho
those nights have gone with the moon
those words have gone with the moon
how can i now see dreams of happiness
with the searing sun of sorrow on my head
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (126)
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log aise hi adaaon pe
fida hote hain
don’t flash those smiles
at all these men, miss
they fall so easily
for such mannerisms
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (115)
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mil gaya
husn-e-bemisaal hamen
looking into the mirror
she said to herself
i have found
an unexampled beauty
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (115)
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saamne baiTha tha mere
aur woh mera na tha
i never imagined
such distances can exist too
he was right in front of me
and, yet, he was not mine
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (127)
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do gaz zameen bhi na mili
kuu-e-yaar mein
how wretched is your fate, ‘zafar’
that for your burial
you couldn’t get two yards
in the lane of the beloved
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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
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