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musaafir hain yaaronna ghar hai na thikaana

mujhe chalte jaana hai

bas chalte jaana

i am a traveler, my friends

with neither home, nor shelter

i just need to keep walking

keep walking

Gulzar (Sampooran Singh Kalra) (7)
musaafir (m) (7)

fellow traveler

yaaron (m) (3)

friends

thikaana (m) (1)

shelter

chalte (4)

move, go

Theme: Quest, Journey, & Destination (53)

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farishta ho to behak jaaye

aadmi kya hai

god help us with

your intoxicating eyes

those than can get angels drunk

what hope does a man have

khuda (m) (31)

god

save

mast (m) (2)

intoxication, carefree

aankhon (m) (11)

eyes

farishta (m) (1)

angel

behak (m) (2)

drunk

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kuchh woh bhi ikhtisaar se

aage na jaa saka

i too was not generous

in my conversing

he too couldn't

get past his reticence

Farhat Zahid (2)
kalaam (m) (1)

conversation, talk

faraakh-dil (m) (1)

open-hearted, generous

ikhtisaar (m) (1)

conciseness, brevity

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farishte bhi kehne lage

kaash hum insaan hote

when the veil suddenly

slipped off her face

angels said to each other

gosh, wish we were human

Anonymous

rukh (m) (13)

face, direction

sarak (m) (1)

slip

pardaa (m) (1)

veil

suddenly

farishte (m) (2)

angels

insaan (m) (12)

human

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bahut aahista nahin hai

jo bahut tez nahin

the revolution will come soon

don’t be despondent

it doesn’t come too slowly

not does it come too fast

1997: Jnanpith Award

1967: Padma Shri

inquilaab (m) (7)

revolution

raftaar (f) (3)

fast, speed

slow, deliberate

tez (4)

fast, speed, quick

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bandagi se

khuda nahin milta

through love,

you will find, o priest

through worship,

you won't find god

aashiqi (f) (3)

love

zaahid (m) (7)

priest, pious person

bandagi (f) (3)

worship

khuda (m) (31)

god

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tum sab se maazrat

ke tabeeyaat udaas hai

worry about livelihood, my heart's lament

and thoughts of my beloved

i beg your forgiveness

but am a bit melacholic today

2007: Padma Bhushan

2013: Sahitya Akademi Award

fikr (m) (5)

concern, fear

maash (f) (1)

livelihood

maatam (m) (1)

mourning

yaar (m) (19)

friend, beloved

maazrat (f) (1)

apologies

tabeeyat (f) (2)

disposition, condition

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mein un aankhon se

duniya dekhta hoon

those eyes through

which you see me

through those eyes

i see the world

Anonymous

duniya (m) (25)

world

aankhon (m) (11)

eyes

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ab kya kahun

jamal-e-rukh-e-fitnagar ko mein

it is a crime if i see

lacking in grace if i don’t

what shall i call this

beautiful, mischievous face

rukh (m) (13)

face, direction

jurm (m) (4)

crime

kufr (m) (3)

ungrateful, impious

fitnagar (m) (1)

mischievous, playful

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ilm se shayari

nahi hoti

find a place for pain

in your heart, o poet

no poetry comes

from just knowledge

Anonymous

dard (m) (20)

pain

shaayar (m) (1)

poet

ilm (m) (5)

knowledge, learning

shayari (f) (1)

poetry

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tera aansu mere

rumaal mein aa jata hai

my eyes are aware

of your weeping

and your tears find

their way into my handkerchief

khabar (f) (12)

news, awareness

aankhen (m) (7)

eyes

aansu (m) (6)

tears

rumaal (m) (1)

handkerchief

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ki is ke baad ye duniyaa

kahaan se laaunga main

i wish for all decisions

be made right here

for, after this, where will i

find such a world again

faisle (m) (1)

decision

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ek musaafir bhi

qaafila hai mujhe

need a companion

not a crowd

one such person

is a caravan for me

humsafar (m) (4)

companion

hujuum (m) (4)

crowd, throng

musaafir (m) (7)

fellow traveler

qaafila (m) (4)

caravan

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aashufta dil, farefta dil

beqaraar dil

may the creator not give

the world a heart like mine

a troubled heart, a captivated one,

a restless one

zamaane (m) (10)

in the world

parwardigaar (m) (1)

guardian, sustainer

dil (m) (108)

heart

distressed

charmed, seduced

restless

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khud ko pehchan

lo to behtar hai

before others

figure you out

better you

figure yourself out

behtar (5)

better

pehle (5)

before

log (m) (9)

people

pehchane (m) (1)

identify, figure out

khud (23)

myself

Theme: Miscellany (44)

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jab yaad ham aa jaayen,

milne ki dua karna

as you leave, goodbye, but

a small request of you

when i come to your mind

do pray for us to meet again

khuda (m) (31)

god

haafiz (m) (1)

guardian, memorizer

guzaarish (f) (1)

request

yaad (m) (35)

memory, remember

dua (m) (11)

blessing, prayer

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aur us taraf tamaam

zamaana usi ka hai

until now, even i wasn’t

on my own side

and on that side

the whole world was her’s

2018: Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar

zamaana (m) (7)

world, age, days

talak (m) (4)

till

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kab tak naqaab

rukh se uThaayi na jaayegi

god has given us eyes

to view the beauty of the beloved

how long will the veil

not be lifted from the face

aankhen (m) (7)

eyes

khuda (m) (31)

god

husn (m) (19)

beauty

yaar (m) (19)

friend, beloved

naqaab (m) (5)

face veil

rukh (m) (13)

face, direction

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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

makaan (m) (5)

house

motabar (m) (1)

reliable, trustworthy

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qayaamat se

guzar jayenge hum

if i can get

through myself

i can get through

any calamity

khud (23)

myself

guzre (m) (3)

transpires, passes

qayaamat (f) (9)

catastrophe, apocalypse

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us ne sadiyon

tumhen socha hoga

whichever artist created

the masterpiece that’s you

(s)he must have

thought of it for ages

fankaar (m) (1)

artist, craftsman

shahkaar (m) (1)

masterpiece

sadiyon (f) (4)

ages, centuries

socha (2)

think

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kya kaha main ne

aap kya samjhe

describing my condition

sounds a complaint to you

i say one thing,

you construe something else

arz (m) (2)

petition, plea

ahvaal (m) (2)

condition, state

gila (m) (9)

fault, complaint

samjhe (9)

to understand

aap (12)

respectful 'you'

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kuch aur thak gaya hoon

aaraam karte karte

it was essential to get tired

while doing some work

i was even more exhausted

while resting

laazmi (2)

necessary

aaraam (m) (3)

rest

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24 / 25 : Featured

maah-e-kaamil

sham-e-mehfil se mila

your heart

has met mine…as if

the full moon had shone on

the evening of the gathering

aap (12)

respectful 'you'

dil (m) (108)

heart

maah (m) (2)

moon / month

kaamil (m) (3)

complete, full

sham (m) (2)

lamp, flame, evening

mehfil (f) (17)

gathering, concert

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royenge hum hazaar baar

koyi hamen sataaye kyun

it is a heart, not a stone or a brick

why won’t it be filled with pain

we may weep a thousand times

why should others care or bother

dard (m) (20)

pain

bhar (11)

fill

hazaar (m) (8)

thousand

sataaye (m) (1)

bother, harass

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