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kya kaha main ne
aap kya samjhe
describing my condition
sounds a complaint to you
i say one thing,
you construe something else
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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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raqs karna hai to phir
paon ki zanjeer na dekh
look beyond the prison walls, at the
colors of the garden, the joy of spring
if you wish to dance, don’t look
at the shackles on your feet
Theme: Time, Life & Learning (144)
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4 / 25 : Featured
baat puraani hai
ek yaad puraani hai
in the heart, again
the same pain awakens
an old matter
an old memory
Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (68)
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5 / 25 : Featured
kabhi fursat mein kar lena
hisaab…aahista aahista
i’ve been awake the night of separation
oh angels, let me get some sleep
when we get some free time
we’ll settle the accounts, slowly, slowly
Anonymous
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (126)
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6 / 25 : Featured
aisi namaaz se guzar
aise imam se guzar
your priest is absent
and your prayer joyless
find your way out of
that priest and that prayer
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gar aap khud khush ho to
sab ko khush kar sakte hain
by grace, kindness is
found in the heart
if you are happy yourself…
you can make others happy
Anonymous
kindness
kindness, grace, favor
heart
respectful 'you'
myself
happy
all
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (152)
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8 / 25 : Featured
jaan kaalbad-e-soorat-e-deewar
mein aawe
in the gathering where you come
speaking with grace
life takes form
and appears all around
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9 / 25 : Featured
yaad aayi mere isa ko
dawaa mere baad
my beloved came to my grave
after i am dead
my healer remembered the cure
after i am gone
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10 / 25 : Featured
toofan se laDne mein
mazaa aur hi kuchh hai
who will refuse
the comfort of a safe shore
but the joy of fighting a storm
is something else
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khoobsoorat hi sahi
lekin ye duniya jhooT hai
after ages, my heart, finally,
has given out this judgment
it is a beautiful world, no doubt,
but, it is a lie
Theme: Nature, World & Universe (53)
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jo zakhm mile tum ko
phoolon ki qabaa kehna
call it the fragrance of henna
call it a gentle breeze
whatever wound you get in life
call it a robe of roses
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amaa’n dekho toh
kitne maulavi hai
on judgment day
in the line of sinners
you can see
how many priests there are
front, top, head
assembly on judgment day
sinners
line
priests
Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (79)
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taqreeb kuch to
bahr-e-mulaaqaat chaahiye
i learned to paint for the sake of
the moon-faced ones
something is needed
to gain an acquaintance
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saaya koyi lahraaye to
lagtaa hai ki tum ho
if i hear a soft tread
it feels like it’s you
even if a shadow flutters
it feels like it’s you
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (132)
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kamraa viraan ho jata hai
ek tasveer hata dene se
where can the heart find peace
by forgetting her memory
the room becomes so desolate
by just removing one picture
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faaltu aql mujh mein
thi hi naheen
in religious debates
i did not participate
useless smarts
i did not have in me
Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (79)
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muskuraa dete hain bachche
aur mar jaata huun main
at the end of the day
when i return home, empty-handed
my kids make me smile
and i die a little inside
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meri turbat se lagi baithi hai
hasrat meri
even after my death
my love did not leave me
my desires stayed shackled
to my grave
Theme: Time, Life & Learning (144)
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aye jaan yahi hai
maah-e-shawwal hamara
when you signaled your affection,
it has become eid for me
my love, this is
the joyous month for me
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lekin ye kya ki chain se
soya na tu na main
in breaking up
neither you nor i did cry
but with peace
neither you nor i can sleep
2011: Pride of Performance
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (126)
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jis mein ek bhi ghar
nahi mere naam ka
my heart is like
a big, busy city
in which not even
one house is in my name
Theme: Home, Country, & Belonging (32)
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give time for
your relationships
world has seen taj mahal
mumtaj did not
Anonymous
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (152)
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har sitam ye soch kar
hum seh gaye
perhaps, this is the
last cruelty
thinking so, i endured
every cruelty
2014: Commemorative Stamp, India
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shaam to subha mein
badalte raho
this is only demand
of life
keep turning every evening
into a dawn
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