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hum rahen yuun
tishna-lab paigaam ke
while others in the gathering
are kissing their cups of wine
i remain, lips parched,
for news of you
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magar ab ye hai kisi maharabaan ke
tapaak ne bhi rula diya
there was a time when even a thousand
arrows in the heart did not cause me grief
but now even the warm handshake
of a friend makes me weep
thousand
sad
yet, but
well-wisher, friend
cordial spontaneity
make me cry
Theme: Time, Life & Learning (139)
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3 / 25 : Featured
us khait ke har
khosha-e-gandum ko jalado
that field where it is not possible
for the farmer to make a living
burn down every
stalk of wheat of that field
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4 / 25 : Featured
magar ye dariyaa
mujhe tairna sikhaata hai
though, every day
it tests my patience
yet, this river
teaches me to swim
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5 / 25 : Featured
hum abhi se kyun bataayen
kya hamaare dil mein hai
let the time come and
i will show you, oh world
why should i tell you now
what’s in my heart
Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (67)
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6 / 25 : Featured
yeh zameen chaand se behtar
nazar aati hai hamen
when life brings me to
your gathering
this earth looks to me
more beautiful than the moon
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7 / 25 : Featured
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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8 / 25 : Featured
dard ki dawaa paayi
dard-e-bedawaa paayaa
from love did my being
find the joy and fun of life
found a cure for pain
found a pain without a cure
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9 / 25 : Featured
kahin zameen
kahin aasmaan nahi milta
nobody ever
gets the entire world
sometimes the earth
sometimes the sky…you don’t get
Theme: Time, Life & Learning (139)
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10 / 25 : Featured
phir tasavvur ne liya
us bazm me jaane ka naam
flowers bloomed in sight again
and, again, my heart lit up
when i imagined again
going to the joyful gathering
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11 / 25 : Featured
haT kar chale hain
raahguzar-e-kaarwaan se hum
taking permission to leave
from the heavens above
we parted ways from
the path of the caravan
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12 / 25 : Featured
ab woh
raanaai-e-khayaal kahaan
that was triggered by
imagining a person
where is that
fantasy now?
person, individual
thoughts
imagination
fantasy
Theme: Creativity, Philosophy, & Enlightenment (41)
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13 / 25 : Featured
rind ka saaqi ka mae ka
khum ka paemaane ka naam
may god (or critics) be blessed
it is because of them
the drunkard, wine-pourer, wine
cask and goblet have gained fame
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14 / 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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15 / 25 : Featured
un ki taraf se aap likhe
khat javaab mein
so restless, in what all ways
have you deceived yourself
on her behalf you wrote
replies to yourself
Anonymous
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16 / 25 : Featured
tujhse mil kar bhi
beqaraar raha
to meet you
my heart was restless
even after meeting you
my heart remained restless
restless
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (125)
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17 / 25 : Featured
ho rahega kuchh na kuchh
ghabrayen kya
day and night the seven skies
keep rotating and revolving
something or else keeps happening
why be so panicked
Theme: Nature, World & Universe (53)
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tumhare husn-e-takallum se
kya naheen hota
lamps light up,
fragrance in morning breeze
what can’t happen
with your beautiful eloquence
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19 / 25 : Featured
baarish mein jo huroof hain
woh hain sharaab mein
why shouldn't the pleasure
of wine also exist in water?
the expressive intoxication of rain
is also found in wine
comfort, joy, pleasure
wine drinking
water
rain
letters
wine, liquor, drink
Theme: Nature, World & Universe (53)
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20 / 25 : Featured
hum ajnabi ki tarah
apne hi watan mein rahe
no one here, ‘majrooh’,
understands what i say
i remain a stranger
in my own land
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21 / 25 : Featured
husn-e-khayaal-e-yaar ne
deewaana kar diya
it made me indifferent
to every thought of the world
beauty of the thoughts of my beloved
has driven me crazy indeed
Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (67)
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jab bure waqt pe dekha to
koyi yaar na tha
who wasn't i friends with?
who didn't i love dearly?
in my days of misfortune,
i didn't have a single friend
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (149)
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23 / 25 : Featured
dahka hua hai aatish-e-gul se
chaman tamaam
the entire gathering was aglow
with the beauty of my beloved
just like the whole garden was ablaze
by the fire of the flower
2014: Commemorative Stamp, India
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rakh de koyi
paimaana-e-sahbaa mere aage
behold the flourish
of my bloom-laden eloquence
when someone
places a goblet of wine before me
mannerism, style
boasting, flowery speech
speech, speaking
cup, measure
wine
Theme: Voice, Expression, & Language (82)
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kaha jo usne
zara mere paanv daab to de
‘asad’, with joy
my limbs were rendered immobile
when she said
please press my feet
Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (115)
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