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kisi ko hum na mile
aur hum ko tu na mila
here, no one got
as per their desires
someone didn't get me
and, i didn't get you
Theme: Hopes, Aspirations, & Dreams (41)
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2 / 25 : Featured
aisa lagta hai ki kuchh
TooT gaya hai mujh mein
it is a piercing sting
that keeps me restless
i feel that something
inside me is broken
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (126)
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3 / 25 : Featured
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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4 / 25 : Featured
sukhan wo hai jise
har shakhs apna hi bayaan samjhe
her/his understanding relates to
the language of every heart
and the speech is such that
we all feel it is our own voice
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5 / 25 : Featured
dushmanon se koi khatra nahi
bas apne par nazar rakhna
having arrived in this world
figure out the art of living
there is no danger from enemies
just keep a watch on your dear ones
Anonymous
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (152)
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6 / 25 : Featured
tera husn kuchh naheen tha
meri shaayari se pahle
who knew of you
before my friendship
and your beauty was nothing
before my poetry
Anonymous
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (116)
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7 / 25 : Featured
mere junoon ne banai hai
tere zulf ki shaam
my enchantment has revealed
the dawn of your face
my madness has created
the dusk of your tresses
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8 / 25 : Featured
farishta ho to behak jaaye
aadmi kya hai
god help us with
your intoxicating eyes
those than can get angels drunk
what hope does a man have
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9 / 25 : Featured
aaj tak hosh naheen,
hosh naheen, hosh naheen
once i drank a cup
from those intoxicating eyes
till now, i am not conscious
not conscious, not conscious
1959: Sahitya Akademi
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10 / 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
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11 / 25 : Featured
qurbaton mein bhi
faasla nikla
in love too
politics arose
in even closeness
distances emerged
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (152)
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12 / 25 : Featured
mujhe paamaal raston
ka safar achcha naheen lagta
where everybody goes
i don’t like going there
on the trodden path
i don’t like to travel
Theme: Quest, Journey, & Destination (57)
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13 / 25 : Featured
DhoonDoge to is shahr mein
qaatil na milega
if you look, at every turn,
you will find dead bodies
but, if you search in this city,
you will find no murderers
turn in the path, corner
deadbodies
city
murderer, assassin
Theme: Home, Country, & Belonging (32)
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14 / 25 : Featured
shukr hai zindagi
tabaah na kee
i didn’t have the priest
perform rituals and customs
happy that i didn’t
waste my life thus
Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (78)
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15 / 25 : Featured
hum ko tohfe ye
tumhein dost banaane se mile
i got the scars from the world
and the wounds from life
the few gifts i got
from having you as a friend
Theme: Time, Life & Learning (142)
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16 / 25 : Featured
lete na kabhi bhool ke ham
naam-e-mohabbat
had i known the
consequences of love
even by mistake, i wouldn’t
have uttered its name
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17 / 25 : Featured
sajde kisi ke dar pe
kiye ja raha huun main
whether accepted or not
it is a matter of fate
but at someone’s doorstep
i am prostrate in prayer
1971: Padma Shri
Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (78)
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18 / 25 : Featured
darvaaza ghar se
saikdon farsang ho gaya
the heart's words don't
find a voice even as a whisper
the door has become so
distant from the home
Anonymous
Theme: Voice, Expression, & Language (84)
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19 / 25 : Featured
tu ne vaada kiya tha
yaad to kar
your constraints
are understandable, but...
you made a promise
please remember that
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (152)
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20 / 25 : Featured
mere bachche mujhe
buDha nahi hone dete
the mountain of needs
won’t let me get tired
my children
won’t let me grow old
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (152)
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21 / 25 : Featured
wo jo ek teri taraf se tha
ishaara na raha
even now, the same sorrow
the same deprivation
the signs from you
are no more
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (126)
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22 / 25 : Featured
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 (132)
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23 / 25 : Featured
meri takheel ka shaheen
wahaan bhi pahuncha
where the rays of the sun
do not have permission to enter
the falcon of my imagination
has found its way there
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vahi ghar hai
vahi qissa hamaara
our address so far
has not changed
same house
same story ours
Theme: Time, Life & Learning (142)
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25 / 25 : Featured
kinaare se kabhi
andaaza-e-toofan nahi hota
to understand love
you should first fall in love
from the shore, how can you
ever get a sense of the storm
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