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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 (132)
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aankhen vo paDh rahi hain
jo tahreer bhi nahin
how strange are these
love letters
the eyes read even when
there is no writing
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wo shakhs aa ke
mere shahr se chala bhi gaya
i kept picking flowers
and i didn’t even know
my beloved visited the city
and left too
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (120)
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4 / 25 : Featured
ek tera husn
ek mera ye ishq
both are essential
and both everlasting
one, your beauty
and this love of mine
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necessary
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (113)
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5 / 25 : Featured
ham ne to bosa liya tha
khwaab mein tasveer ka
what calamity...that her
cheeks have turned blue
i merely kissed
her image in my dream
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6 / 25 : Featured
un ko maikhaane mein le aao
sanwar jaayenge
zauq, those priests
ruined by religious schools
bring them to the tavern
so they can be reformed
Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (73)
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7 / 25 : Featured
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 (113)
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8 / 25 : Featured
ishq-o-junoon ki aag
jo dil mein jawaan na ho
the decorations and adornments
of beauty and life are useless
unless the fires of love and passion
are young and burning in the heart
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (120)
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9 / 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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10 / 25 : Featured
aur us ke lafz bhi thay
chaandni mein bikhre hue
he was smiling and
saying something, ‘shumar’
and his words too…
were scattered with moonlight
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (113)
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kis ghazab ka dard, zaalim
tere afsaane mein tha
after hearing my plight,
stretching and yawning, you said
oh cruel one, what great pain
was there in your story?
plight, condition
tired stretching of limbs
outrage, cruelty, intense
oppressor, tyrant
Theme: Miscellany (44)
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12 / 25 : Featured
wo log kaise sanwar jayen
jo tabaah nahin
from every night
a day dawns
how will they ever improve
who have not been destroyed
side
night
correct, reform, rectify
wasted, ruined
Theme: Grit, Resilience, & Courage (59)
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13 / 25 : Featured
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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tum acche maseeha ho
shifa kyun nahi dete
the restless have fallen sick
why don’t you offer a medicine
you are such a good healer
why don’t you cure their illness
breathless, lacking energy
medicine, cure
saviour, messiah
healing, cure
Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (73)
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15 / 25 : Featured
ye qaafila bhi
naql-e-makaani mein kho gaya
never could the wave of tears
reach the eyes
this caravan too,
got lost in the migration
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16 / 25 : Featured
viraani hoti hai to
hairaani hoti hai
even with a storm of
memories in the heart
when there is loneliness
i am taken by surprise
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na dava yaad rahe
aur na dua yaad rahe
what can he remember
one afflicted by love
neither the medication
nor the blessing
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kyon baagh pe itraati rahi
baad-e-saba hai
in this desolate heart
having never bloomed any flowers
why does the fragrant morning breeze
show off in the garden?
Theme: Nature, World & Universe (50)
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dhool chehre pe thi
aur aaina saaf karta raha
all through life, ghalib,
kept making the same mistake
the dust was on my face, but
kept cleaning the mirror
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20 / 25 : Featured
woh murakhta woh ghamaDpan
jis mein hum ne sadi ganwaayi
you turned out just like us, brother
where were you hiding all this while?
that stupidity, that stubbornness
in which we wasted decades
Theme: Home, Country, & Belonging (30)
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21 / 25 : Featured
magar ye dariyaa
mujhe tairna sikhaata hai
though, every day
it tests my patience
yet, this river
teaches me to swim
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qasam khuda ki ye
tauheen hai javaani ki
seeking to be virtuous
while young
by god, it's an
insult to youth
Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (132)
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jab unko ye pata chalega
tum federer ko dekha tha
generations to come will
remember you, my fellows
when they come to know
that you have seen federer
generations, ages
memory, remember
contemporaries
address, whereabouts
Theme: Nature, World & Universe (50)
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humne kaunsi sadiyan
guzarni hai yahan
why is life teaching me
so many lessons?
how many ages am I
going to spend here?
Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (132)
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khuda ki rahmat hai
khuda ki inaayat hai
this tiny life
this hint of a smile
is god's mercy
and the gift of providence
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