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zindagi main itnemanzar dekh liya hain ki

dil har choTi si baat pe bhi

dara sa rehta

having witnessed so many

events in my life

even for small matters

my heart feels worried

Anonymous

manzar (m) (3)

sight, view, scene

Theme: Time, Life & Learning (135)

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2 / 25 : Featured

tujhe, aye zindagi,

hum door se pehchaan lete hain

for a long time now, i recognize

the soft sound of your footsteps

oh life,

i recognize you from afar

Firaq Gorakphuri (Raghupati Sahay) (13)

1969: Jnanpith

1997: India Commemorative Stamp

pahle (m) (8)

before

qadmon (m) (3)

footsteps

aahaT (f) (2)

sound (of footsteps)

pehchaan (m) (2)

identify, recognize

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3 / 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?

Anonymous

Theme: Miscellany (44)

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4 / 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

suroor (m) (3)

delight, joy

zikr (m) (8)

mention, remember

masti (f) (1)

intoxication

bayaan (f) (8)

narration, declaration

khushbu (f) (11)

fragrance

zubaan (m) (8)

speech, tongue

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5 / 25 : Featured

raat kaT thi hai

baDi mushkil se

day is but a day,

it passes fast

it is the night that

is difficult to bear

guzar (m) (13)

pass through, spent

raat (f) (14)

night

badi (f) (2)

hatred

mushkil (m) (8)

difficult, hard

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6 / 25 : Featured

qaasid ki laash aayi

khat ke jawaab mein

in my restlessness

i don’t know what i wrote to her

in reply came

the corpse of the messenger

izteraab (m) (5)

restlessness

qaasid (m) (6)

messenger, envoy

khat (f) (7)

letter

laash (f) (1)

corpse

jawaab (m) (6)

answer, reply

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7 / 25 : Featured

sharaab naach rahi thi

gilaas baiThe rahe

this scene unfolds

before my eyes

the wine is dancing

and the glass is sitting still

saamne (13)

in front of, opposite

aankhon (m) (13)

eyes

waqia (m) (1)

event, scene

sharaab (m) (14)

wine, liquor, drink

naach (m) (2)

dance

gilaas (m) (1)

glass

Theme: Miscellany (44)

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8 / 25 : Featured

aankhen vo paDh rahi hain

jo tahreer bhi nahin

how strange are these

love letters

the eyes read even when

there is no writing

ishq (m) (34)

love

khutoot (m) (2)

letter, writings

ajeeb (9)

strange, weird

aankhen (m) (7)

eyes

tahreer (m) (1)

writing

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9 / 25 : Featured

ye kis ne kaha

sang pighalta hi naheen hai

if the heat of passion is intense

what is not possible

who said that

the rock doesn't melt?

dhoop (f) (10)

heat from sun

mumkin (8)

possible

sang (m) (3)

rock

pighalta (m) (1)

melt

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10 / 25 : Featured

bichhaaya hai qamar ne

chaandni ka farsh mehfil mein

whose radiant, beautiful face

has arrived in this get-together

the moon has spread a carpet

of moonlight in this gathering

jabeen (m) (3)

forehead, face

anjuman (m) (5)

gathering, assembly

aamad (f) (2)

arrival

bichhaaya (m) (1)

spread

qamar (m) (2)

moon

chaandni (f) (4)

moonlight

farsh (f) (1)

carpet

mehfil (f) (17)

gathering, concert

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11 / 25 : Featured

kamraa viraan ho jata hai

ek tasveer hata dene se

where can the heart find peace

by forgetting her memory

the room becomes so desolate

by just removing one picture

dil (m) (117)

heart

aabaad (6)

flourishing, populated

yaad (m) (38)

memory, remember

kamraa (m) (3)

room

viraan (m) (1)

desolate, infertile

tasveer (m) (7)

photo, picture, image

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12 / 25 : Featured

kahaan gaya mera bachpan

kharaab kar ke mujhe

having made me a captive

of the age of youth

where has my childhood gone

ruining me thus

aseer (m) (1)

captive, prisoner

panja (m) (1)

clutch, grip

ahd (m) (3)

vow, promise

shabaab (m) (6)

youth

bachpan (m) (1)

childhood

kharaab (m) (4)

ruin, spoil

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13 / 25 : Featured

kabhi fursat mein kar lena

hisaab…aahista aahista

i’ve been awake the night of separation

oh angels, let me get some sleep

when we get some free time

we’ll settle the accounts, slowly, slowly

Anonymous

shab (f) (17)

evening, night

furqat (f) (1)

separation

fursat (f) (5)

leisure, freedom

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14 / 25 : Featured

kitna aasaan tha

ilaaj mera

if only they had asked

how i am doing

how easy would

my cure have been

mizaaj (m) (4)

temperament, disposition

aasaan (5)

easy

ilaaj (m) (5)

cure, treatment

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15 / 25 : Featured

us ka payaam dil ke siva

kaun laa sake

oh messenger, this is not your job

please be on your way

the message for her

who can deliver but my heart

qaasid (m) (6)

messenger, envoy

kaam (m) (15)

work

raah (m) (25)

street, path

payaam (m) (2)

message

dil (m) (117)

heart

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16 / 25 : Featured

kha gaya shahr use

kehte hain deewani thi

wilderness was in her eyes

and in her voice, desolation

the city exhausted her

and called her a mad one

Poonam Meera (1)
dasht (m) (5)

wilderness, desert

aawaaz (m) (3)

voice

veerani (f) (1)

desolation

deewani (f) (1)

mad person

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17 / 25 : Featured

ki aaj baad-e-saba

beqaraar aayi hai

surely, it must have

passed through your street

for today, the morning zephyr

arrived here a bit restless

zaroor (m) (4)

forsure, surely

gali (f) (8)

street

guzar (m) (13)

pass through, spent

saba (m) (5)

breeze, zephyr

restless

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18 / 25 : Featured

saath abr-e-baharaan ke

woh zulf bhi lehraaye

it's not just the season of flowers

that has intoxicated the crazed

along with the spring clouds

her hair fluttered too

mausam (m) (6)

weather, season

gul (m) (22)

flower

behak (m) (2)

drunk

deewaane (m) (3)

crazy, mad people

abr (m) (6)

cloud, clouds

bahaar (f) (13)

spring

zulf (m) (7)

tresses (of a woman)

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19 / 25 : Featured

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

aafat (f) (1)

calamity, catastrophe, disaster

naaz (m) (6)

grace, pride, hauteur

andaaz (m) (10)

mannerism, style

adaa (m) (3)

style, grace

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20 / 25 : Featured

the story of love

is long

but…

time is short

Anonymous

waqt (m) (22)

time

mohabbat (f) (42)

love

dastaan (f) (3)

story

lambi (f) (2)

long

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21 / 25 : Featured

aayi hai january

to december chala gaya

a moment of closeness

and then a year of waiting again

january has come

but december has gone

pal (m) (7)

moment, nurture

intezaar (m) (22)

waiting

qurb (m) (2)

closeness, vicinity

baras (m) (2)

years, year

Theme: Miscellany (44)

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22 / 25 : Featured

ghar mein jo tha bach gaya

aur jo naheen tha jal gaya

what a work of wonder is

surrendering to the fire of love

those in the house were saved

those that weren’t got burnt

ajab (12)

strange, wonderful

kaar (m) (2)

thing, work

tahayyur (m) (1)

wonder

supurd (m) (1)

surrender, custody

naar (m) (1)

fire

ishq (m) (34)

love

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23 / 25 : Featured

kaash thoDi si

hum peeye hote

even when we met

a hesitation remained

if only i had been

drinking a little

jhijhak (m) (1)

hesitation

kaash (4)

if only

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24 / 25 : Featured

aah karta huun to

sayyaad khafa hota hai

if i restrain myself and submit

i suffocate in this cage

if i sigh and complain

my captor becomes irate

zabt (m) (1)

restraint, self-control

ghuThta (m) (1)

suffocate

qafas (m) (6)

cage, prison

dam (m) (10)

moment, breath, presence

aah (m) (7)

sigh

sayyaad (m) (8)

captor, hunter

khafa (m) (6)

angry, upset

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25 / 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

aks (m) (4)

reflection

aasmaan (m) (17)

sky

naav (m) (2)

boat

dariyaa (m) (14)

river

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