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hum ne tumhaari yaad mein
sab kuchh bhula diya
even by mistake, you did not
ever think of me
but i have forsaken everything
just lost in your thoughts
Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (67)
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hota hai shauq, ghalib
us ki naheen naheen par
where is the refusal's fun
in ready acceptance
so much charm there is, ghalib,
in her repeated rejections
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (115)
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3 / 25 : Featured
qaafile raah
bhool jaate hain
with just a sign from
those pretty eyes
caravans
can lose their way
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4 / 25 : Featured
kahiye jalti rahe ya
shama bujhaa di jaaye
you have come and the
house is filled with light
tell me, should i keep them lit
or turn these lamps off
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (150)
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5 / 25 : Featured
tanhaiyan ke khoaf se
jo shakhs mar gaya
the entire city joined
in the funeral procession
of the one who died
afraid of loneliness
Anonymous
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6 / 25 : Featured
zindagi ik
ajab paheli hai
time unfolded
moment by moment
life is indeed
a strange riddle
Theme: Miscellany (44)
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7 / 25 : Featured
jo dil pe guzarti hai raqam
karte rahenge
we will keep nurturing
the pen and the paper
we will continue to capture
that which flows through our heart
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8 / 25 : Featured
par itna jaante hain
kal wo jaata tha ke hum nikle
where’s the tavern’s entrance, ghalib,
and where is the preacher
i know only this…yesterday,
when i was coming out, he was going in
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9 / 25 : Featured
baa-wafaa jo aaj hain
kal bewafa ho jaayenge
passion is like the rising sun
and with time, the shade diminishes
those who are loyal today
will become disloyal tomorrow
passion, zeal
shade
unfaithful, disloyal
heat from sun
Theme: Time, Life & Learning (139)
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10 / 25 : Featured
zujaaj ki yeh imaarat hai
sang-e-khaara nahin
the spell of the celestial dome
can surely be broken
it is a structure of glass,
not of unbreakable rock
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11 / 25 : Featured
mein un aankhon se
duniya dekhta hoon
those eyes through
which you see me
through those eyes
i see the world
Anonymous
Theme: Nature, World & Universe (53)
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12 / 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
condition, situation
to embrace
Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (77)
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13 / 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
Theme: Miscellany (44)
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14 / 25 : Featured
izhaar-e-muddaa ki
ijaazat agar mili
in the throng of emotions
i lost my words
when i was allowed
to express my desire
Anonymous
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15 / 25 : Featured
lekin tere khayaal se
ghafil nahin raha
though i was a prisoner
to the cruelties of daily life
i never lost
the thoughts of you
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16 / 25 : Featured
jab ruu-ba-ruu ho
tere guftaar bhool jaave
what, abroo, you think of
a thousand things to say
but when face-to-face,
you can't remember a thing
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17 / 25 : Featured
gul se jo dil lagaa hai
abtar hai haal us ka
the nightingale, drunk with passion,
circles me, weeping
its heart bound to the rose
its state has grown wretched
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18 / 25 : Featured
shaam ko phir
use kaandhon pe uTha laate hain
in the morning, i take my
funeral procession out from my home
only to bring it back
on my shoulders each evening
morning, dawn
funeral procession
evening
shoulders
Theme: Grit, Resilience, & Courage (62)
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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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20 / 25 : Featured
ke neend shart naheen
khwaab dekhne ke liye
get up to witness
this shining scene of the night
as sleep is not needed
for one to dream
sight, view, scene
sleep
condition, requirement
dream
Theme: Creativity, Philosophy, & Enlightenment (41)
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21 / 25 : Featured
ye woh mai hai jise rakhte hain
naazuk aabginon mein
for love, seek a heart
that is fragile
this wine is meant for
delicate goblets
Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (67)
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22 / 25 : Featured
saara ghar le gaya
ghar chhoD ke jaane wala
i bid him/her farewell
but i didn't know
the one who left the house
took the whole home with him/her
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (126)
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23 / 25 : Featured
kaun si shai hai jo teri
khush-bayaani mein nahin
fragrance of flowers,
rustle of breeze, tinkling of glass
what is not there
in the beauty of your talk
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lub oopar oopar hanste hain
dil andar andar rota hai
what use complaining of friends, when
what’s visible and hidden are different
their lips seem to smile
while they are weeping inside
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tu parda-nasheen ka aashiq hai
yuun nam-e-wafa barbaad na kar
if the heart burns, let it burn
do not shed tears, do not complain
you are in love with someone hidden
do not waste the name of loyalty like this
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