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apne hi ghar mein
ajnabi ki tarah
the tragedy is that
people stay
in their own homes
as strangers
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (139)
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muaaf kar ke mujhe
inteqaam us ne liya
i had fallen wounded
when he picked and held me
forgiving me
he took his revenge
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (139)
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3 / 25 : Featured
rahbar ne mil ke luuT liya
raahzan ke saath
of our caravans, majrooh,
the story is this
the ruler has looted us
joining hands with the robber
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4 / 25 : Featured
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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5 / 25 : Featured
vo aaj le hi gaya, aur
'zafar' se kuchh na hua
i will not give her my heart,
i kept telling myself
she walked away with it today,
and zafar was helpless
always
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (108)
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6 / 25 : Featured
main apne saaye se kal raat
Dar gaya yaaro
a strange incident happened
to me last night, my friends
i got scared
of my own shadow
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (118)
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7 / 25 : Featured
sirf hum nahin chalte
raaste bhi chalte hain
by pausing for a moment
the goal slipped farther away
it is not only we that move,
the paths are moving too
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8 / 25 : Featured
aise bure
hum bhi naheen
i concede
you are a limitless beauty
i too am not
that bad
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (108)
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9 / 25 : Featured
woh naam loonga toh khushbu
zubaan se aayegi
intoxication comes with
pleasant thoughts narrated well
if i utter her name
fragrance flows off the lips
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10 / 25 : Featured
Daaka to naheen maara
chori to naheen ki hai
why such clamor
just because i drank some
i haven't assaulted anybody
nor stolen from anyone
Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (127)
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11 / 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 (108)
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12 / 25 : Featured
kuchh ne kaha ye chaand hai
kuchh ne kaha chehra tera
‘twas full moon last night
with all the talk about you
some said it was the moon
others said it was you
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13 / 25 : Featured
jahaan se kya gharaz tujh ko
tuu aap apnaa jahaan ho jaa
by being your own confidant
you become your own story
why so obsessed with this world
you become your own universe
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14 / 25 : Featured
karu kaise mohabbat?
mujhe urdu nahi aati
no elegance in my words
as i don’t know urdu
how do i love?
if i don’t know urdu
Theme: Voice, Expression, & Language (78)
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15 / 25 : Featured
jo zinda hun to phir
zinda nazar aana zaroori hai
if principles are under attack
it is necessary to fight back
if i am alive
i must act so
Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (127)
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16 / 25 : Featured
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
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17 / 25 : Featured
TooT gayi duniya meri
main ni darda jaavan
i embrace all the pain
i dance with the sorrow
my world has broken
i am not afraid
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18 / 25 : Featured
hota hai shab-o-roz
tamaasha mere aage
a play of children
this world before me
a spectacle unfolds
every day and night before me
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19 / 25 : Featured
aakhir-e-kaar vo
ek khwaab-e-pareshaan nikla
that which i thought was
the pleasure house of the world
at the end, turned out to be
a troubled dream
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20 / 25 : Featured
baaqi umr
izaafi hai
one love
is enough
the rest of life
is just surplus
Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (127)
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21 / 25 : Featured
nakaam-e-mohabbat ka
itna hi fasana
joyless youth,
painless life
for those unsuccessful in love,
this is the only story
Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (127)
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isi siyah samundar se
noor niklega
the results of my passion
will surely emerge
glowing light will spring from
the depths of the dark ocean
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23 / 25 : Featured
mujhe sab saunp kar
sooraj utar jaata hai paani mein
sad evening, loneliness, longing
and the restlessness of memories
the sun sets in the water
entrusting me with everything
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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
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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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