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log mohtaat hainravayyon mein

qurbaton mein bhi

faasla hai yahaan

people here are cautious

in their behaviors

even in closeness

there is a distance

Ali Zubair (1)
faasla (m) (7)

distance

mohtaat (f) (1)

cautious, careful

ravayyon (m) (1)

behavior, mannerisms

qurbaton (m) (2)

closeness, proximity

Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (146)

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kuchh lamhe hain jo

dil mein hi reh jaate hain

there are some feelings

that do not find expression

there are some moments

that remain hidden in the heart

ehsaas (m) (4)

feeling, experience

zubaan (m) (8)

speech, tongue

lamhe (m) (3)

moment, moments

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jab tum chalo

zameen chale aasmaan chale

when i go, not even my shadow

keeps me company

when you go

the earth follows, the sky follows

saaya (m) (6)

shadow

zameen (m) (13)

ground, earth, land

aasmaan (m) (17)

sky

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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) (15)

forget, mistake

zindagi (f) (41)

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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ik samundar hai

meri tanhaai

a boat it is

the memory of you, if

my loneliness

is an ocean

safina (m) (2)

boat

yaad (m) (36)

memory, remember

samundar (m) (7)

sea, ocean

tanhaai (f) (12)

solitude, loneliness

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ye lijiye aap ka ghar aa gaya hai

haath chhoDen

i am used to solitude

forget about me

here, your home has arrived

please leave my hand

tanhaai (f) (12)

solitude, loneliness

aadat (f) (3)

habit

to leave

aap (12)

respectful 'you'

haath (m) (12)

hand

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laDte hain aur haath mein

talwaar bhi naheen

who wouldn’t lay down his life,

oh god, at this innocence

she fights but without

a sword in her hand

saadgi (f) (4)

innocence, simplicity

khuda (m) (31)

god

haath (m) (12)

hand

talwaar (m) (2)

sword

Theme: Miscellany (44)

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manzil ka nishaan bhi

usi patthar se mila hai

the stone that

tripped me

the pointer to my destination

i got from the same stone

Thokar (m) (1)

trip

patthar (m) (4)

stone

manzil (f) (24)

goal, destination

nishaan (m) (3)

sign, river, mark

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ye woh safar tha jis mein

Thaharnaa muhaal tha

what great feat was it

that we kept moving?

it was such a journey

where stopping was impossible

Shabnam Shakeel (1)
safar (m) (27)

journey, travel

kamaal (m) (3)

feat, wonder

Thaharnaa (m) (2)

waiting, stopping

muhaal (m) (2)

impossible, difficult

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kahin se tum bayaan karte

kahin se hum bayaan karte

it is such a delight

reliving stories of the past

you narrate from one end

and i from the other

maza (m) (3)

fun

guzri (3)

spent, passed

afsaana (m) (6)

story, tale, fiction

bayaan (f) (8)

narration, declaration

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magar, hum ginti usi ki karte hai

jo haasil na ho saka

we go get a lot

in our life

but, we keep count only

of what we couldn’t

Anonymous

zindagi (f) (41)

life

ginti (f) (1)

count

haasil (m) (7)

capture, possess

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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

bhool (f) (15)

forget, mistake

yaad (m) (36)

memory, remember

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us ne sadiyon

tumhen socha hoga

whichever artist created

the masterpiece that’s you

(s)he must have

thought of it for ages

fankaar (m) (1)

artist, craftsman

shahkaar (m) (1)

masterpiece

sadiyon (f) (4)

ages, centuries

socha (2)

think

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par badi baat pe chup rahna

tumhi se seekha

i figured out myself

to be happy with little things

but to be quiet about big things

i learned from you

seekha (3)

learned

chhoti (1)

small

badi (f) (2)

hatred

chup (9)

silent, quiet

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qaatil ko jo na Toke

woh qaatil ke saath hai

one who doesn't stop a tyrant

is guilty of tyranny also

one who doesn't stop the murderer

is an accomplice in the murder too

1971: Padma Shri

2013: Commemorative Stamp India

zaalim (m) (8)

oppressor, tyrant

roke (2)

stop

shaamil (m) (3)

tobepresent

zulm (m) (12)

cruelty, tyranny

qaatil (m) (10)

murderer, assassin

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kyuun tum aasaan samajhte the

mohabbat meri

looking at my condition

she asked, smiling,

why, did you think loving me

would be that easy?

aasaan (5)

easy

hans (7)

swans / smile, laugh

ask, inquire

haalat (f) (4)

condition, situation

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jo waqt aane par

waqt dete hai

beautiful

are those

who, when times are tough,

give us their time

Anonymous

beautiful

log (m) (11)

people

waqt (m) (22)

time

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hai wahi meri khushi

jo mere sayyaad ki hai

neither complaint nor grievance

i have against the tyranny

my happiness is exactly

what pleases my captor

gila (m) (9)

fault, complaint

shikaayat (f) (6)

complaint, protest

bedaad (m) (1)

oppression

khushi (f) (8)

happiness

sayyaad (m) (8)

captor, hunter

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shaam Dhal jaaye to 'mohsin'

tum bhi ghar jaaya karo

the weary and exhausted birds

offered me this advice yesterday

when dusk falls, ‘mohsin’,

you should go home too

shaam (f) (23)

evening

weary, exhausted

parindon (m) (1)

birds

naseehat (f) (3)

advice, counsel

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aasmaan pe chaand pura tha

magar aadha laga

it seemed so plain

against the sparkle on her face

the moon was full in the sky

but it appeared to be half

saamne (13)

in front of, opposite

aasmaan (m) (17)

sky

chehre (m) (6)

face, countenance

chamak (2)

sparkle

aadha (m) (1)

half

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to kya, tum mere dil ke

aur bhi kareeb ho gaye ho

even though you are

far away from my sight

so what, you have come

even closer to my heart

1999: Sahitya Akademi

1999: Padma Shri

agarche (m) (2)

although

nazron (m) (2)

sight

kareeb (m) (1)

closer

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dil ne kiya qubuul

jab islam husn ka

it cared neither

for the infidel or the believer

when the heart embraced

the religion of beauty

hargiz (1)

definitely, ever

kaafir (m) (5)

infidel, disbeliever

momin (m) (2)

religious, pious

dil (m) (115)

heart

qubuul (2)

accept, adopt

islam (m) (2)

religion

husn (m) (20)

beauty

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ek ishaara hi

kaafi hai

we are those wise ones

for whom

just one gesture

is enough

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ishaara (m) (3)

sign, signal, gesture

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jo kaam ko

ishq samajhte thay

those were

most fortunate

who saw work

as their love

ishq (m) (34)

love

khush (9)

happy

qismat (f) (1)

fortune, fate, destiny

understand, deem

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jis tarah sukhe hue phool

kitabon mein milen

as we part ways now, perhaps

we may meet again in our dreams

just as we find dried flowers

within the pages of an old book

bichhDe (m) (2)

disperse, part way

perhaps, maybe

kabhi (27)

on occasion

tarah (17)

type, like, similar to

sukhe (1)

dried

phool (m) (14)

flowers, flower

kitabon (m) (2)

books

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