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main ghar se jab nikalta huun
dua bhi saath chalti hai
my mother is still alive
nothing bad can happen to me
whenever i leave the home
her blessings accompany me
2014: Sahitya Akademi
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (140)
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2 / 25 : Featured
sukhan wo hai jise
har shakhs apna hi bayaan samjhe
her/his understanding relates to
the language of every heart
and the speech is such that
we all feel it is our own voice
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3 / 25 : Featured
aasmaan pe chaand pura tha
magar aadha laga
it seemed so plain
against the sparkle on her face
the moon was full in the sky
but it appeared to be half
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4 / 25 : Featured
aap ki soorat to
dekha chaahiye
for pretty faces
you are so keen, 'asad'
you should take a look
at your face once
face, in the form of
pretty faces
Theme: Miscellany (44)
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5 / 25 : Featured
jo tumhen bhulaa chuka hai
use tum bhi bhool jaao
for how long this obsession over the
unfaithfulness of someone, ‘faraz’
the one who has forgotten you
you should forget them too
unfaithful, disloyal
caring
passion, madness
forget, mistake
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (140)
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6 / 25 : Featured
dekhna hai kheenchta hai
mujh pe pehla teer kaun
my friends too
like my enemies…are free
i have to see who
shoots the first arrow at me
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (140)
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7 / 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
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8 / 25 : Featured
hum logon ko sach kahne ki
aadat bhi bahut thi
may the wealth of the hypocrites
of the city bring you joy
but we also had the habit
of telling the truth
Theme: Oppression, Rebellion, & Freedom (61)
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9 / 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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10 / 25 : Featured
faqat zauq-e-parwaaz
hai zindagi
you think
life is a mystery
life is just
a desire to fly
Theme: Hopes, Aspirations, & Dreams (37)
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11 / 25 : Featured
mil jaaye toh miTTi hain
kho jaaye toh sona hai
that which is called life
is but a bizarre toy
what we get is dirt
what we lose is gold
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12 / 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
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13 / 25 : Featured
main jaantaa huun
jo vo likhenge jawaab mein
while the messenger returns
i will keep another letter ready
for i know what
she would be writing in reply
Theme: Voice, Expression, & Language (79)
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14 / 25 : Featured
agar mazloom kuchh bole to
dahshat-gard kahti hai
when countless cruelties are inflicted
on the oppressed, the world stays silent
but when the oppressed dare to speak out
it calls them terrorists
cruelty, tyranny
oppressed
world
terrorist
Theme: Oppression, Rebellion, & Freedom (61)
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15 / 25 : Featured
basthi ka har charaagh
bujhana pada hamein
for me to shine my lamp
as the moon
i had to snuff out
all the other lamps in the city
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (140)
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16 / 25 : Featured
rahte rahte station par
log coolie ho jaate hain
bearing burdens is hardly a passion
it is a barter of compulsion
staying at the station
people soon become porters
2014: Sahitya Akademi
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17 / 25 : Featured
ab koyi film mukammal
naheen dekhi jaati
now my attention
keeps drifting somewhere else
i am not able to
watch any movie completely
Theme: Miscellany (44)
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18 / 25 : Featured
mera ilaaj mere charagar
ke paas nain
my beloved is caring
but not discerning
the cure for my ailment
my healer doesn't have
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (118)
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19 / 25 : Featured
jaavedaan, paiham rawaan
har dam jawaan hai zindagi
do not measure it by the
standards of yesterday and tomorrow
constantly flowing every moment…
life is forever youthful
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20 / 25 : Featured
ye naav kaun si hai
ye dariyaa kahan ka hai
the mountain of needs
won’t let me get tired
my children
won’t let me grow old
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21 / 25 : Featured
saara ghar le gaya
ghar chhoD ke jaane wala
i bid him/her farewell
but i didn't know
the one who left the house
took the whole home with him/her
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (118)
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22 / 25 : Featured
ki lagaaye na lage
aur bujhaaye na bane
we have no power over love,
it is a burning fire, ghalib
lights up without being lit, and
once lit, can’t be extinguished
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (116)
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23 / 25 : Featured
ek se apne dil ko
thaam liya
with one hand
she lifted her veil
with the other
i held my heart
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (110)
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24 / 25 : Featured
ab tu khuda bhi ban jaaye to
main sajda na karoon
that time has passed
when i pined for you
now, even if you become god
i will not bow to you
Anonymous
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25 / 25 : Featured
bas ek dua ka shajar tha
jo besamar na hua
in the intense heat
all the trees dried up
only the tree of prayer remained
never failing to bear fruit
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