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main bhi na thi kalaam meinitni faraakh-dil

kuchh woh bhi ikhtisaar se

aage na jaa saka

i too was not generous

in my conversing

he too couldn't

get past his reticence

Farhat Zahid (2)
kalaam (m) (1)

conversation, talk

faraakh-dil (m) (1)

open-hearted, generous

ikhtisaar (m) (1)

conciseness, brevity

Theme: Voice, Expression, & Language (82)

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itni khoobsurat

ye zindagi naheen hoti

if there is no

light of love in the heart

life does not turn out

to be so beautiful

Hastimal Hasti (2)
dil (m) (118)

heart

mohabbat (f) (42)

love

raushni (f) (10)

light, brightness

zindagi (f) (46)

life

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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

murakhta (m) (1)

stupidity

ghamaDpan (m) (1)

stubborn foolishness

sadi (f) (1)

ages

ganwaayi (1)

wasted

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4 / 25 : Featured

zara aap ko

zahmat hogi

under your feet

there is a heart

if it is not

too inconvenient

paanv (m) (6)

feet

zahmat (f) (1)

bother, inconvenience

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5 / 25 : Featured

ilmi mubaahise ho

zara paas aa ke leT

i am a graduate

you are one too

let our intellects debate

come, lie down next to me

mubaahise (m) (1)

debates

leT (m) (1)

lie down

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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

qaasid (m) (6)

messenger, envoy

kaam (m) (15)

work

raah (m) (25)

street, path

payaam (m) (2)

message

dil (m) (118)

heart

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7 / 25 : Featured

varna duniya mein

koi baat nai baat nahin

the style of narration

changes everything, ‘saif’

if not, in this world

there is nothing new to say

andaaz (m) (10)

mannerism, style

varna (7)

or else

bayaan (f) (8)

narration, declaration

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8 / 25 : Featured

sharaab naach rahi thi

gilaas baiThe rahe

this scene unfolds

before my eyes

the wine is dancing

and the glass is sitting still

saamne (13)

in front of, opposite

aankhon (m) (13)

eyes

waqia (m) (1)

event, scene

sharaab (m) (14)

wine, liquor, drink

naach (m) (2)

dance

gilaas (m) (1)

glass

Theme: Miscellany (44)

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9 / 25 : Featured

mera naara

inquilaab-o inquilaab-o inquilaab

change is my mission

youth is my name

my slogan:

revolution, revolution, revolution

kaam (m) (15)

work

taghayyur (m) (1)

change

shabaab (m) (6)

youth

naara (m) (1)

battle cry, slogan

inquilaab (m) (7)

revolution

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10 / 25 : Featured

sach puucho to 'zeb'

tabeeyat Theek naheen hoti

to pacify the heart

i try and speak smilingly, but

to tell the truth, ‘zeb’,

`don’t feel any better within

2005: Sitara-i-Imtiaz

dil (m) (118)

heart

sambhaale (m) (1)

recover, comfort

hansta (2)

smiling, laughing

sach (m) (8)

truth

tabeeyat (f) (2)

disposition, condition

Theek (2)

right, fine

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woh bola har lamhe mein

muqaddar chippa hai

often, i asked my past

about my fate

it replied that my destiny

is hidden in every moment

aksar (7)

often

maazi (m) (3)

past

kismat (f) (1)

fate

pataa (m) (2)

address, whereabouts

lamhe (m) (3)

moment, moments

muqaddar (m) (8)

fate, fortune

chippa (1)

hidden

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12 / 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) (19)

dream

magar (29)

yet, but

pa (m) (1)

get

cheez (m) (7)

things, matter

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13 / 25 : Featured

raat ke pichle pehar

roz jagati hai hamen

your memory, sometimes as a knock

and sometimes as a whisper

wakes me up

in the wee hour, every night

1987: Sahitya Akademi

2008: Jnanpith

yaad (m) (40)

memory, remember

kabhi (29)

on occasion

dastak (m) (2)

knock (on the door)

sargoshi (f) (1)

whisper

raat (f) (14)

night

pichle (m) (1)

last

roz (m) (14)

day, every day

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14 / 25 : Featured

ab ye haalat hai ki

dar dar ke gale milte hain

we celebrated together

sometimes eid, sometimes diwali

now it is such that

we embrace with trepidation

Anonymous

haalat (f) (4)

condition, situation

to embrace

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15 / 25 : Featured

mujhe lagta hai bahut

apne se dar shaam ke baad

this is the time to meet

the time for separation too

i feel quite afraid of myself

as the dusk falls

shaam (f) (23)

evening

samay (m) (1)

time

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16 / 25 : Featured

baad marne ke mere ghar se

yeh saamaan nikla

some pictures of my idols

a few letters from beautifuls

after my death, these are what

turned out in my home

chand (m) (4)

sundry, few

tasveer (m) (7)

photo, picture, image

butaan (m) (2)

beloved

haseenaon (m) (1)

beautiful women

khutoot (m) (2)

letter, writings

saamaan (m) (1)

things

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17 / 25 : Featured

jo waqt aane par

waqt dete hai

beautiful

are those

who, when times are tough,

give us their time

Anonymous

beautiful

log (m) (14)

people

waqt (m) (22)

time

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18 / 25 : Featured

milengi khamiyaan apne hi

shah-kaaron mein

if i would see myself

through the eyes of others

i’d surely see the flaws indeed

in my own reasons and actions

aankhon (m) (13)

eyes

khamiyaan (f) (1)

shortcomings

shah-kaaron (m) (1)

deeds, masterpieces

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milta faqat hai

zauq-e-tajassus ke baab mein

don’t you forget, 'shahed',

that the pleasures of life

are found only at the doorstep

of the joy of curiosity

bhool (f) (16)

forget, mistake

zindagi (f) (46)

life

lutf (m) (8)

comfort, joy, pleasure

faqat (6)

only, just, simply

zauq (m) (6)

pleasure, delight, joy

tajassus (m) (1)

quest, curiosity

baab (m) (2)

door

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20 / 25 : Featured

ishq bechaara

na zaheed hai na mullah na hakeem

intellect is clever

can change into many forms

poor love

not an ascetic, nor learned, nor a healer

aqal (m) (3)

mind, intellect

ayyar (m) (1)

clever, trickster

bhes (m) (1)

form, appearance

bechaara (m) (2)

helpless, miserable

zaheed (1)

ascetic

mullah (m) (2)

priest, learned, pious

hakeem (m) (2)

healer, physician

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21 / 25 : Featured

maana ki yaar kam hain

par itne to kam nahin

why are strangers allowed

in our gathering of joy

yes, our friends are few

but not so few

aghyaar (m) (1)

strangers

daakhil (m) (1)

allowed, permitted

bazm (m) (13)

assembly, gathering

suroor (m) (3)

delight, joy

maana (5)

agreed, listen to

yaar (19)

friend, beloved

par (22)

wings / upon / however

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22 / 25 : Featured

har tabassum ek toofan

har nazar ek inquilaab

youth is an apocalypse

so is youthful vigor

every smile a storm

every glance a revolution

qayaamat (f) (9)

catastrophe, apocalypse

shabaab (m) (6)

youth

tabassum (m) (5)

smile

toofan (m) (9)

storm, cyclone

nazar (f) (36)

perspective, sight

inquilaab (m) (7)

revolution

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23 / 25 : Featured

TuuT kar patte kab

apni shakh par waapas hue?

whoever got separated from the caravan

became the dust of the desert

when have fallen leaves

ever returned to their branch

TuuT (5)

break

bichhDe (m) (2)

disperse, part way

sahraa (m) (6)

wilderness, desert

kaarwaan (m) (5)

caravan

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raag raag mein daudthi phirthi hai

nashtar liye hue

what can i say about

where love is and where it isn’t

it courses through every vein,

daggers drawn

1959: Sahitya Akademi

mohabbat (f) (42)

love

raag (m) (1)

artery, vein

daudthi (f) (1)

running

phirthi (f) (1)

roaming

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tum maseeha naheen hote ho to

qaatil ho jaao

be mine and be present

in some way

if not as my savior

at least as my assassin

shaamil (m) (4)

tobepresent

taur (m) (2)

manner, fashion

to (2)

so

maseeha (m) (4)

saviour, messiah

qaatil (m) (10)

murderer, assassin

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