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chup khaDa hoon bhool kar
raaste mein manzil ka pata
hope the guide doesn’t
turn a robber
as i stand alone in the path
forgetting my destination
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mera jaam chuune waale
tera haath jal na jaaye
my tears are in here too
may my wine not boil over
those who touch my goblet
may your hand not burn
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magar ek wasf hai mujh mein
dil-aazaari nahin karta
i am after all a human
prone to making some mistakes
but i have this in me that
i never cause heartache
mistakes, errors
attribute, trait
causing pain to heart
Theme: Miscellany (44)
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ik umr hui din mein
kabhi ghar nahi dekha
if i go at an unexpected time
everyone will be shocked
it has been a lifetime and
i have not seen my home in daylight
Theme: Home, Country, & Belonging (32)
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rahne de
mahv-e-lazzat-e-zauq-e-khabar mujhe
oh messenger, her note
do not read it yet
let me savor this moment
of joy that she wrote to me
1962: Padma Bhushan
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ab toh akele hi
mehfil sajaaye baithe hain
with memories of my beloved
i wait, watching the street
all alone,
i wait, with my home decorated
Anonymous
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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
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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
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mujh ko meri daanish
mere afkaar mein dekhen
see me not in my eyes
my hair, my face
see me in my knowledge,
my thoughts, my concerns
hair, tresses
cheeks, face
learning, wisdom
thoughts, concerns
Theme: Hopes, Aspirations, & Dreams (39)
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dil ne kiya qubuul
jab islam husn ka
it cared neither
for the infidel or the believer
when the heart embraced
the religion of beauty
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jo chale chhuT ke qafas se
wo giraftaar chale
in such a way the captor
has set them free
they flew out of the cage
but are hostages still
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is shahr mein har shakhs
pareshaan sa kyun hai
why this burning in the heart
and storm in the eyes
why does everyone in this city
seem so troubled
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ek hi aan mein
ghulaam kiya
with such grace
did she greet me
in a trice
she enslaved me
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (115)
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baiThe rahen
tasavvur-e-jaanan kiye hue
the heart keeps searching
for those days and nights of ease
sitting enmeshed
with the thoughts of my beloved
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muskuraahat ki choTi si dukaan hai
nafraton ke baazaar mein
ask me not, friends,
what i do for a living
i have a small shop of smiles
in the market of hatred
Anonymous
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (125)
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pukaar bhi na sake tujhko
tere naam se hum
this state of caution
how calamitous it was
i could not even
call out to you by your name
caution
world, state
catastrophe, apocalypse
call
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (126)
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ishq ke is safar ne to
mujh ko niDhaal kar diya
lack the courage to move forward
yet, stopping is now impossible
the journey of love
has left me weary, exhausted
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nazar aati hai unko
apni manzil aasmaanon mein
when the soaring hearts
of the youth awaken
then they see their goals
in the skies above
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hum un se rishta-e-dil
ustuvaar karte rahe
i never complained about
the separation for this reason
i kept nurturing this
relationship of the heart with her
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koyi tum se bhi
haseen kya hoga
with what hope
can i look at anyone else
who can be
more beautiful than you
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (115)
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aqrabaa mere
karen qatl ka daavaa kis par
he's the murderer, the martyr
and he the judge remains
oh kinsmen of mine,
who shall we accuse of the murder?
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tamaam umr ka ab
silsila hai mere liye
that one reflection flashed
in my sight for just a moment
now for my entire life
it is a saga for me
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'jaun' yaaron ke
yaar the hum to
my friends now
don’t even remember me
though ‘juan’ was
a dear friend of theirs
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (149)
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us pe likha hai
mohabbat karna
on the piece of paper
in my lucky amulet
it is written…
just love
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (125)
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us ko bhi bhoolna
accha laga pahle pahle
initially, the heart too did not know
the ways and methods of grief
initially, it felt good
for it to overlook, forget
Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (67)
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