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pata ab taknahin badla hamaara

vahi ghar hai

vahi qissa hamaara

our address so far

has not changed

same house

same story ours

Ahmad Mushtaq (3)
pata (m) (5)

address, whereabouts

badla (m) (1)

change

qissa (m) (2)

story, account

Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (132)

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ab na aayenge rooThne waale

deeda-e-ashk-baar chup ho ja

oh restless heart, be quiet now

the spring is over, be quiet now

those upset are not coming back

oh tear-filled eyes, be quiet now

bahaar (f) (12)

spring

chup (9)

silent, quiet

deeda (m) (4)

eyes, sight

ashk (m) (5)

tears

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saaf pehchan liya jata hun

roya hua main

i get acquainted with others

with a smile, ‘zafar’

but i get to know them clearly

only when i am weeping

muskurate (m) (1)

smiling

pehchan (m) (1)

identity

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4 / 25 : Featured

rind ka saaqi ka mae ka

khum ka paemaane ka naam

may god (or critics) be blessed

it is because of them

the drunkard, wine-pourer, wine

cask and goblet have gained fame

mohtaseeb (m) (1)

inspectorofvirtue

khair (m) (1)

welfare, good, well

rind (m) (2)

free-spirited reveler

saaqi (f) (11)

wine-pourer, bartender

mae (m) (1)

wine

Theme: Miscellany (44)

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5 / 25 : Featured

har baat mein lazzat hai

agar dil mein mazaa ho

loyalty and tyranny,

both are equals in love

when there is joy in the heart

every word is delightful

ulfat (f) (7)

love, friendship, affection

baraabar (m) (2)

equal, equivalent

lazzat (f) (6)

pleasure, joy, delight

dil (m) (112)

heart

mazaa (m) (5)

fun, delight

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6 / 25 : Featured

jis tarah sukhe hue phool

kitabon mein milen

as we part ways now, perhaps

we may meet again in our dreams

just as we find dried flowers

within the pages of an old book

bichhDe (m) (2)

disperse, part way

perhaps, maybe

kabhi (27)

on occasion

tarah (16)

type, like, similar to

sukhe (1)

dried

phool (m) (14)

flowers, flower

kitabon (m) (2)

books

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7 / 25 : Featured

magar jo kho gayi

woh cheez kya thi

that cherished dream

you have realized

but, what is that

you have lost, along the way?

2007: Padma Bhushan

2013: Sahitya Akademi Award

khwaab (m) (15)

dream

magar (29)

yet, but

pa (m) (1)

get

cheez (m) (7)

things, matter

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8 / 25 : Featured

vo aaye to bhi neend

na aayi tamaam shab

even in union

the fear of separation all night

when my beloved comes

sleep escapes me all night

wasl (m) (7)

meeting, union

fikr (m) (5)

concern, fear

judaai (f) (2)

separation

tamaam (7)

entire, all, whole

shab (f) (15)

evening, night

neend (f) (5)

sleep

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9 / 25 : Featured

kooche ke us ke baashindon ne

sab ko yahin se salaam kiya

which sanctum? what holy direction?

what is sacred? which rituals?

we from the lane of the beloved

greeted everyone from here itself

kaaba (m) (3)

holy mosque in Mecca

qibla (m) (1)

direction of prayer

ehraam (m) (1)

pilgrimage attire

kooche (m) (3)

street

baashindon (m) (1)

residents, inhabitants

salaam (m) (5)

greeting, farewell

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barg-e-gul ki tarah

har naakhun moattar ho gaya

what body it must be

when i untie the drawstrings

like the petals of a flower

my nails smell of perfume too

badan (m) (5)

body

jaame (m) (1)

clothing

band (7)

string, hostage, captive

barg (m) (1)

leaf, petal

gul (m) (21)

flower

naakhun (m) (1)

nails

moattar (m) (2)

fragrant, perfumed

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11 / 25 : Featured

qurbaton mein bhi

faasla hai yahaan

people here are cautious

in their behaviors

even in closeness

there is a distance

faasla (m) (7)

distance

mohtaat (f) (1)

cautious, careful

ravayyon (m) (1)

behavior, mannerisms

qurbaton (m) (2)

closeness, proximity

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12 / 25 : Featured

ham ne khud apni

tamannaaon ko jeene na diya

to whom will i complain, hayat,

about this life of desolation

i myself did not let my

aspirations live and thrive

Masooda Hayat (1)
khud (24)

myself

shikwa (m) (3)

complaint

desolation, deserted,

hasti (f) (3)

life, existence, being

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13 / 25 : Featured

saare jahaan ka dard

hamaare jigar mein hai

dagger plunges into someone

and i am the one to suffer, ameer

the pain of the whole world

is gathered in my heart

khanjar (m) (5)

dagger

jahaan (m) (16)

world, universe

dard (m) (22)

pain

jigar (m) (8)

heart

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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

paamaal (m) (2)

trample, trodden

adaa (m) (3)

style, grace

talve (m) (1)

soles

jhulaas (m) (1)

seared, burnt

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15 / 25 : Featured

dil bahal jaayega

aaina badal kar dekho

changing your face

is quite tough

you heart will be allayed

just change the mirror and see

chehre (m) (6)

face, countenance

badal (m) (4)

change

mushkil (m) (8)

difficult, hard

bahal (m) (2)

satisfied, pacify

aaina (m) (7)

mirror

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16 / 25 : Featured

zara si der mein

kya ho gaya zamaane ko

after burying me, they walked away

without a greeting or a prayer

what has happened to the world

in such a short time

dabaa (2)

bury, suppress

qabr (m) (4)

grave, tomb

sab (14)

all

chal (5)

moving, walking

dua (m) (11)

blessing, prayer

salaam (m) (5)

greeting, farewell

zamaane (m) (10)

in the world

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17 / 25 : Featured

to samundar ki tarah

shor machaata kya hai

your experience so trivial

your existence so shallow

why do you create a furor

like a noisy sea

ehsaas (m) (4)

feeling, experience

hasti (f) (3)

life, existence, being

paayaab (m) (1)

shallow, knee-deep

make noise

Theme: Miscellany (44)

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18 / 25 : Featured

ke naadaani hai

behtar aagahi se

i have learnt

this much from life

that ignorance is

better than awareness

Anonymous

zindagi (f) (41)

life

behtar (5)

better

aagahi (f) (4)

awareness

seekha (3)

learned

naadaani (f) (2)

innocence, naivete

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yoon to har mod pe

manzil ka gumaan hota hai

for the seeker

the journey never ends

though at every turn

the delusion of destination

manzil (f) (24)

goal, destination

safar (m) (25)

journey, travel

justajoo (m) (1)

quest, longing

gumaan (m) (5)

suspicion, doubt

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main ne ye jaana ke

goya ye bhi mere dil mein hai

see the charm of his speech

as what he said, i figured

resonates within me

as if it is in my heart too

lazzat (f) (6)

pleasure, joy, delight

taqreer (m) (1)

speech

goya (m) (1)

as if

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21 / 25 : Featured

ek ishaara hi

kaafi hai

we are those wise ones

for whom

just one gesture

is enough

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ishaara (m) (3)

sign, signal, gesture

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par noch ke ab qaid se

aazaad kare hai

strange is this favor

you do to me, my captor

first you tear my wings

and then you set me free

aazaad (5)

free, freed

karam (m) (9)

kindness, grace, favor

sayyaad (m) (8)

captor, hunter

par (m) (20)

wings, feathers / upon

noch (m) (1)

clip, tear

qaid (m) (5)

imprisoned, captive

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bulbul se ajab kya

jo kare naghma-sarai

when the morning zephyr inspires

the bud to bloom

what wonder if the nightingale

begins to sing

ghunche (m) (2)

bud, budding flower

washud (m) (1)

bloom

tahreek (m) (1)

urge, incitement

saba (m) (5)

breeze, zephyr

bulbul (m) (8)

nightingale

ajab (11)

strange, wonderful

naghma (m) (2)

melody, song

sarai (f) (1)

singing

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us ko bhi bahattar kyun

ghilman na diya hota

it is possible you are in hell

and your wife is in heaven

why doesn’t she also get

72 handsome young men?

jannat (f) (10)

heaven

mumkin (8)

possible

dozakh (m) (5)

hell

bibi (f) (1)

wife

bahattar (m) (1)

seventy two

ghilman (m) (1)

handsome boys

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zindagi ki fursat-e-baaqi

se koi kaam le

don’t anguish about

the failures of the dead past

make something useful

of the time that’s left

maazi (m) (3)

past

marhoom (m) (2)

dead

naakaamiyon (f) (1)

failures, defeats

zikr (m) (8)

mention, remember

zindagi (f) (41)

life

fursat (f) (5)

leisure, freedom

baaqi (5)

remainder, left

kaam (m) (14)

work

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