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ik sach ke tahaffuz ke liye
sab se laDi huun
i am a woman, but
stand like a mountain range
for the protection of the truth
i have fought with everyone
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na hoti mohabbat
na hota zuhoor
from gloom, love drew
the radiance of light
without love
there is no sight
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is dil mein aag thi?
mere talve jhulaas gaye
after trampling me
she asks amusedly
was your heart on fire?
for my soles are seared
trample, trodden
style, grace
soles
seared, burnt
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (109)
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noor afshaan hai
jamaal-e-rukh-e-farda ki tarah
even in today’s
oppressive darkness, i feel
the light is spreading
like the beautiful face of the future
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khayaabaan khayaabaan iram
dekhte hain
wherever i see
the prints of your footsteps
i see in that garden
the garden of paradise
world, universe
impression, mark, imprint
step
to see
flower bed, garden
paradise, garden of paradise
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (113)
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kitni aahista
aur kitni tez
watch
the pace of revolution, firaq
how deliberate
and, yet, how swift
Theme: Oppression, Rebellion, & Freedom (61)
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tum mujh se poochhte ho
mera hausla hai kya
i am searching for a new beginning
in the midst of a raging storm
and you are asking me
if i have courage
storms
quest, search
gentle breeze, zephyr
valor, courage
Theme: Grit, Resilience, & Courage (58)
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ho rahega kuchh na kuchh
ghabrayen kya
day and night the seven skies
keep rotating and revolving
something or else keeps happening
why be so panicked
Theme: Nature, World & Universe (50)
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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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qaafila saath
aur safar tanha
life transpired
spent alone
moving with the caravan
but traveling alone
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haqeeqat mein jo dekhna tha
na dekha
what all fantasies have
these eyes seen
but the reality in front
they couldn’t see
Theme: Nature, World & Universe (50)
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wahi sab se
dilaawar lag raha tha
the one who first
accepted defeat
now seems to be
the bravest of all
Theme: Grit, Resilience, & Courage (58)
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aaina seekh na jaaye
kaheen hairat meri
i am, in isolation,
a spectator of your beauty
may the mirror not learn
of my awe and wonder
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (109)
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main jaagta huun
tera khwaab dekhne ke liye
to see the full moon
every night
i stay awake
to see you in my dream
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (113)
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lub oopar oopar hanste hain
dil andar andar rota hai
what use complaining of friends, when
what’s visible and hidden are different
their lips seem to smile
while they are weeping inside
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jise aata hai dil dena
use har kaam aata hai
will bear faith
suffer sorrow, endure slights
he who knows to give his heart
can get anything done
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ye nagar sau martaba
luTa gaya
of this heart’s desolation
what’s there to say
a hundred times has
this city been plundered
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ghar ke andar
baDa andhera tha
the courtyard was
brightly lit
but the house inside
was pretty dark
Theme: Home, Country, & Belonging (30)
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dil laga kar hum to
pachhtaaye bahut
many wounds i bore,
many scars did i sustain
getting my heart entangled
i regretted a lot
Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (66)
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magar ab ye hai kisi maharabaan ke
tapaak ne bhi rula diya
there was a time when even a thousand
arrows in the heart did not cause me grief
but now even the warm handshake
of a friend makes me weep
thousand
sad
yet, but
well-wisher, friend
cordial spontaneity
make me cry
Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (127)
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hum ne sadiyon ka
faasla dekha
between your going
and coming
i have experienced
the distance of ages
Theme: Miscellany (44)
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nayi nayi si hai kuchh
teri raahguzar phir bhi
a thousand times has
the world passed by here
even then, your (love’s) path
seems new every time
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (113)
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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 (113)
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ab ye haalat hai ki
dar dar ke gale milte hain
we celebrated together
sometimes eid, sometimes diwali
now it is such that
we embrace with trepidation
Anonymous
condition, situation
to embrace
Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (70)
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shahr waale mera
mauzoo-e-sukhan jaante hain
in how many sheaths of words
can i hide you
people of the city know
you are the subject of my speech
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