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ek ajnabi ki tarah
main khud apne ghar mein tha
no one in my home
understood my joys and sorrows
like a stranger, i lived
in my own home
Anonymous
Theme: Time, Life & Learning (139)
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vo nasheb-o-faraz
kya jaane
those who choose to
travel on the path of love
what would they know
of ups and downs
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us ko bhi apne khuda hone pe
itna hi yaqeen tha
before you another man
was the ruling king here
who was just as convinced
that he was god himself
2009: Nishan-e-Imtiaz
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honTon pe latife hain
awaaz mein chaale hain
in this city,
the style of living is so strange
wit and smile on the lips
but sharp edges in the voice
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5 / 25 : Featured
us ne sadiyon
tumhen socha hoga
whichever artist created
the masterpiece that’s you
(s)he must have
thought of it for ages
Theme: Creativity, Philosophy, & Enlightenment (41)
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6 / 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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7 / 25 : Featured
jo waqt aane par
waqt dete hai
beautiful
are those
who, when times are tough,
give us their time
Anonymous
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (149)
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to kya, tum mere dil ke
aur bhi kareeb ho gaye ho
even though you are
far away from my sight
so what, you have come
even closer to my heart
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (149)
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ham ne khud apni
tamannaaon ko jeene na diya
to whom will i complain, hayat,
about this life of desolation
i myself did not let my
aspirations live and thrive
Theme: Hopes, Aspirations, & Dreams (40)
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10 / 25 : Featured
haT kar chale hain
raahguzar-e-kaarwaan se hum
taking permission to leave
from the heavens above
we parted ways from
the path of the caravan
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11 / 25 : Featured
ik zara aaina
dikhaane mein
how angry
friends became
when just shown
the mirror
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (149)
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aaj tak hosh naheen,
hosh naheen, hosh naheen
once i drank a cup
from those intoxicating eyes
till now, i am not conscious
not conscious, not conscious
1959: Sahitya Akademi
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yahee hai rakht-e-safar
mir-e-karwan ke liye
lofty vision, heart-warming speech
soul on fire
this is all that is needed
of the caravan's leader
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vo aaye to bhi neend
na aayi tamaam shab
even in union
the fear of separation all night
when my beloved comes
sleep escapes me all night
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mera jaam chuune waale
tera haath jal na jaaye
my tears are in here too
may my wine not boil over
those who touch my goblet
may your hand not burn
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16 / 25 : Featured
na jaane kis gali mein
zindagi ki shaam ho jaaye
let our bright memories
continue to stay with us
as who knows where
life’s evening might fall
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17 / 25 : Featured
shaayad kaheen
tumhaara dil in dinon laga hai
o mir, you keep roaming
away from everyone else
perhaps you have your heart
set on someone these days?
Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (67)
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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
calamity, catastrophe, disaster
grace, pride, hauteur
mannerism, style
style, grace
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (115)
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gharon se door bhi
ghar ke liye base hue hain
in search of livelihood
this stage is so strange that
we have settled far away from home
just for the sake of our homes
Theme: Home, Country, & Belonging (32)
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baiThe hain unheen ke kooche mein
hum aaj gunahgaaron ki tarah
in whose heart i was once present
like i was more dear than life itself
today i am sitting in her street
like a common criminal
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (126)
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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
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (149)
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qaafila saath
aur safar tanha
life has transpired
as a lonely vision
moving with the caravan
but traveling alone
Theme: Quest, Journey, & Destination (56)
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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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ki tu mil bhi agar jaaye to
ab milne ka gham hoga
in my attempts to gain you
i have lost so much
even if you become mine
i will be sad about it
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (126)
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do se jab ek nikaalen
to sifar bachta hai
love is that
subject of arithmetic, faris
if you take one out of two
what remains is zero
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (126)
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