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'zauq' jo madaraase kebigDe hue hain mullah

un ko maikhaane mein le aao

sanwar jaayenge

zauq, those priests

ruined by religious schools

bring them to the tavern

so they can be reformed

Shaikh Ibrahim Zauq (6)
bigDe (1)

spoilt, ruined

mullah (m) (2)

priest, learned, pious

maikhaane (m) (4)

taverns

sanwar (m) (2)

correct, reform, rectify

Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (76)

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2 / 25 : Featured

hawaa sunta huun

peDon ki zubaan se

the window of my memories

is wide open

i hear the breeze through

the language of the trees

dareecha (m) (1)

window

baaz (1)

open

yaadon (m) (10)

memories, thoughts

hawaa (m) (5)

breeze, wind

peDon (m) (2)

trees

zubaan (m) (8)

speech, tongue

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3 / 25 : Featured

tera husn kuchh naheen tha

meri shaayari se pahle

who knew of you

before my friendship

and your beauty was nothing

before my poetry

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husn (m) (21)

beauty

dosti (f) (5)

friendship

shaayari (f) (3)

poetry

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4 / 25 : Featured

naseem-e-subh jo chhu jaaye

rang ho maila

you should see, insha,

the lovely flower's daintiness

the whiff of morning breeze

dims its hue

nazaakat (f) (2)

delicateness, elegance

gul (m) (22)

flower

naseem (m) (2)

breeze, zephyr

subh (f) (10)

morning, dawn

chhu (m) (2)

touch

rang (m) (16)

color, colors

maila (m) (1)

tarnished`

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5 / 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 (9)

meet

muqaddar (m) (8)

fate, fortune

samajh (f) (6)

understand, understanding

kho (5)

lose

forgetting

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6 / 25 : Featured

sajde kisi ke dar pe

kiye ja raha huun main

whether accepted or not

it is a matter of fate

but at someone’s doorstep

i am prostrate in prayer

1971: Padma Shri

muqaddar (m) (8)

fate, fortune

to be accepted, popular

sajde (m) (2)

prostrate in prayer

dar (m) (10)

window, door, gate

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7 / 25 : Featured

kuchh lamhe hain jo

dil mein hi reh jaate hain

there are some feelings

that do not find expression

there are some moments

that remain hidden in the heart

ehsaas (m) (4)

feeling, experience

zubaan (m) (8)

speech, tongue

lamhe (m) (3)

moment, moments

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8 / 25 : Featured

zid na kar

tu bhi bewafa ho ja

throw away

the dry flowers of memories

don’t be stubborn

you be unfaithful too

phenk (m) (2)

throw

khushk (m) (2)

dry, drought

phool (m) (14)

flowers, flower

yaadon (m) (10)

memories, thoughts

zid (m) (1)

obstinate, stubborn

bewafa (m) (5)

unfaithful, disloyal

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9 / 25 : Featured

hum rahen yuun

tishna-lab paigaam ke

while others in the gathering

are kissing their cups of wine

i remain, lips parched,

for news of you

ghair (2)

others, strangers

mehfil (f) (17)

gathering, concert

bosey (m) (2)

kiss

jaam (m) (12)

wine cup, goblet

yuun (4)

like this, in this way

tishna (2)

thirsty

lab (m) (19)

lip, lips

paigaam (m) (1)

message, news, missive

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10 / 25 : Featured

saaya bhi juda ho gaya

jab waqt paDa hai

for ages

it has been this way

even your shadow leaves

when bad times fall

sadiyon (f) (4)

ages, centuries

waqt (m) (22)

time

saaya (m) (6)

shadow

andaaz (m) (10)

mannerism, style

juda (2)

separate, leave

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11 / 25 : Featured

jhoom uTTha vo bhi

dil jeene jo bezaar tha

just one smile from you…

the whole world rejoiced

those hearts, weary of living,

sprung to life to celebrate

tabassum (m) (5)

smile

smiled

kayenaat (f) (4)

universe

jhoom (m) (2)

sway, dance

bezaar (m) (1)

weary, dejected

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12 / 25 : Featured

ye khaaki apni fitrat mein

na noori hai na naari hai

action shapes life

both heaven and hell

this earthly being, in its nature,

is neither of light nor of fire

amal (m) (2)

action, labor

zindagi (f) (45)

life

jannat (f) (12)

heaven

jahannam (m) (2)

hell

khaaki (f) (1)

earthly being

fitrat (f) (2)

nature

noori (1)

light

naari (f) (1)

fire

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13 / 25 : Featured

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

1999: Sahitya Akademi

1999: Padma Shri

shakhs (m) (16)

person, individual

ajeeb (9)

strange, weird

naaraaz (m) (3)

angry, anger

smile

khafa (m) (6)

angry, upset

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14 / 25 : Featured

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

shahr (m) (14)

city

shaam (f) (23)

evening

mausam (m) (6)

weather, season

pleasant

chura (1)

steal

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15 / 25 : Featured

rakh de koyi

paimaana-e-sahbaa mere aage

behold the flourish

of my bloom-laden eloquence

when someone

places a goblet of wine before me

andaaz (m) (10)

mannerism, style

gulafshaani (f) (1)

boasting, flowery speech

guftaar (m) (5)

speech, speaking

paimaana (m) (3)

cup, measure

sahbaa (m) (3)

wine

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16 / 25 : Featured

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

ghairon (m) (1)

strangers

suna (9)

hear

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17 / 25 : Featured

aur kabhi qatra samundar mein

badal jaata hai

even a river can get

trapped and confined in a jar

and, a drop of water can get

transformed when part of an ocean

band (7)

string, hostage, captive

kuuze (m) (1)

jar

kabhi (29)

on occasion

dariyaa (m) (14)

river

qatra (m) (5)

drop, drop of water

samundar (m) (7)

sea, ocean

badal (m) (5)

change

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18 / 25 : Featured

use kuchh zakhm kya

dikhla diye hain

he considers himself

a savior

just because some wounds

were shown to him

Madhavi Shankar (1)
maseeha (m) (4)

saviour, messiah

khud ko (m) (1)

himself

zakhm (m) (18)

wound, injury

Theme: Miscellany (44)

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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

faasle (m) (3)

distances, distance

socha (2)

think

saamne (13)

in front of, opposite

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20 / 25 : Featured

har sitam ye soch kar

hum seh gaye

perhaps, this is the

last cruelty

thinking so, i endured

every cruelty

2014: Commemorative Stamp, India

perhaps, maybe

aakhri (1)

last

sitam (m) (12)

tyranny, cruelty

soch (3)

think

seh (1)

endure

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21 / 25 : Featured

kitne aadaab ke parde

mein hai inkaar ki baat

these manners, these gestures

these beautiful words and promises

how a refusal is hidden

behind these layers of etiquette

inkaar (m) (6)

rejection, refusal

ishaare (m) (2)

signs, gestures

haseen (11)

beautiful

aadaab (m) (1)

etiquette, greetings

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22 / 25 : Featured

deewar poochti hai ki

saaya kidhar gaya

oh searing, mid-day sun

tell me what reply should i give

the walls are asking

where has the shadow gone?

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Theme: Miscellany (44)

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23 / 25 : Featured

lambi hai gham ki shaam

magar shaam hi to hai

the heart is not hopeless

just not sorted for now

long is the night of sorrow

yet, it is just a night (that'll pass)

dil (m) (118)

heart

ummeed (m) (10)

hope, expectation

nakaam (3)

without success, failure

lambi (f) (2)

long

gham (m) (20)

sorrow, sadness

shaam (f) (23)

evening

magar (29)

yet, but

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24 / 25 : Featured

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

Anonymous

safar (m) (28)

journey, travel

shareek (m) (3)

heaven, participant

mehrban (m) (1)

benevolent,

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log saath aate gaye

aur kaarwaan banta gaya

i started alone

towards the destination

people kept joining

a caravan started forming

1993: Dadasaheb Phalke Award

2013: India Commemorative Stamp

akela (m) (5)

alone, by oneself

jaanib (m) (3)

towards

manzil (f) (24)

goal, destination

magar (29)

yet, but

log (m) (14)

people

kaarwaan (m) (5)

caravan

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