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28 Urdu ash'ar / shaayari (shers, couplets) containing the word:

yaad: memory, remember

1 / 28: yaad

dil mein phir se

wahi dard jaaga

baat puraani hai

ek yaad puraani hai

in the heart, again

the same pain awakens

an old matter

an old memory

Fahmida Riaz (4)
dard (20)

pain

jaaga (1)

awaken

yaad (28)

memory, remember

old

Theme: Heart, Mind & Memory (62)

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2 / 28: yaad

tere har mashware ko,

ai naaseh

aaj phir

yaad-e-yaar le Doobi

every shred of advice

you gave, o preacher

again today, got drowned

by the memory of my beloved

advice

naaseh (2)

preacher, priest

yaad (28)

memory, remember

yaar (18)

friend, beloved

doobi (1)

drowned

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3 / 28: yaad

ghurbat ki thanDi chaanv mein

yaad aai us ki dhoop

qadr-e-watan hui hamein

tark-e-watan ke baad

in the cool shade of exile

i yearned for the heat of its sun

only after abandoning the homeland

did i understand its true worth

poverty, lowliness

thanDi (1)

cool

chaanv (3)

shade

yaad (28)

memory, remember

dhoop (10)

heat from sun

qadr (3)

value, worth

watan (2)

homeland, country

tark (1)

abandonment

baad (7)

breeze / after

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4 / 28: yaad

aye rahbar-e-kaamil chalne

tayyaar to hoon par yaad rahe

us waqt mujhay bhatka dena

jab saamne manzil aa jaaye

oh perfect guide, i am on the

path to the beloved, but please

lead me astray

when the destination is near

rahbar (7)

guide, leader, ruler

kaamil (3)

complete, full

ready

yaad (28)

memory, remember

waqt (19)

time

bhatka (1)

astray

saamne (13)

in front of, opposite

manzil (22)

goal, destination

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5 / 28: yaad

us jaan-e-taghazzul ne

jab bhi kaha kuchh kahiye

main bhool gayaa aksar

yaad aayi huyi ghazalein

whenever my muse of grace

asked me to say something

i forget, often and again,

the poetry i memorized

1999: Sahitya Akademi

1999: Padma Shri

jaan (13)

life, strength / beloved

romantic expression

bhool (14)

forget, mistake

aksar (6)

often

yaad (28)

memory, remember

poems, poetry

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6 / 28: yaad

aaj tujh yaad ne

aye dilbar-e-shireen-harakat

aah ko dil ke upar

tesha-e-farhaad kiya

your memory today

oh, my sweet-gliding love

turned my sigh into

farhaad's axe upon my heart

yaad (28)

memory, remember

dilbar (1)

beloved

sweet

movement, gesture

aah (6)

sigh

dil (74)

heart

tesha (1)

axe

lover of legend (of Shirin)

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7 / 28: yaad

bahut dinon se koi

hadsa nahi guzra

kahin zamaane ko

ham yaad phir na aa jaayen

it has been many days

since a mishap has occurred

hope life does not

not think of me anytime soon

hadsa (2)

calamity, accident

guzra (2)

happened, pass through

yaad (28)

memory, remember

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8 / 28: yaad

tum ne kiya na yaad

kabhi bhool kar hamein

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 (14)

forget, mistake

yaad (28)

memory, remember

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9 / 28: yaad

chupke chupke raat din

aansu bahaana yaad hai

woh zamaana yaad hai

To fill

i still remember

To fill

i still remember

To fill

2014: Commemorative Stamp, India

silently

aansu (6)

tears

flowing

yaad (28)

memory, remember

world, age, days

Theme: Miscellany (44)

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10 / 28: yaad

teri majbooriyan

durust magar

tu ne vaada kiya tha

yaad to kar

your constraints

are understandable, but...

you made a promise

please remember that

constraints

durust (1)

accurate, proper, just

vaada (5)

promise

yaad (28)

memory, remember

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11 / 28: yaad

jaate ho, khuda-haafiz

haan, itni guzaarish hai

jab yaad ham aa jaayen

milne ki dua karna

as you leave, goodbye, but

a small request of you

when i come to your mind

do pray for us to meet again

goodbye; god protect you

request

yaad (28)

memory, remember

dua (11)

blessing, prayer

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12 / 28: yaad

vahi phir mujhe

yaad aane lage hain

jinhen bhoolne mein

zamaane lage hain

i once again started

remembering that

which has taken me

a lifetime to forget

yaad (28)

memory, remember

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13 / 28: yaad

yaad aayi

vo pehli baarish

jab tujhe

ek nazar dekha tha

i remembered

those first showers

when i

caught a glimpse of you

yaad (28)

memory, remember

rain

pehli (1)

first

nazar (26)

perspective, sight

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14 / 28: yaad

yaad teri kabhi dastak

kabhi sargoshi se

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 (28)

memory, remember

kabhi (16)

on occasion

dastak (2)

knock (on the door)

whisper

raat (7)

night

pichle (1)

last

roz (9)

day, every day

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15 / 28: yaad

raat yun dil mein

teri khoyi hui yaad aayi

jaise veerane mein

chupke se bahaar aa jaaye

in the middle of the night

lost memories of you came to mind

like in a barren desert

silently, the spring arrived

bahaar (10)

spring

yaad (28)

memory, remember

lost

silently

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16 / 28: yaad

maraz-e-ishq jise ho

use kya yaad rahe

na dava yaad rahe

aur na dua yaad rahe

what can he remember

one afflicted by love

neither the medication

nor the blessing

ishq (36)

love

yaad (28)

memory, remember

dua (11)

blessing, prayer

dava (3)

medicine, cure

maraz (2)

illness, disease

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17 / 28: yaad

hum teri yaad se katra-ke

nikal jaate magar

raah mein phoolon ke lab

sayoon ke gesu aaye

i'd have avoided

your memory and moved on

along the way i came across

lips of flowers, tresses of breezes

Anonymous

yaad (28)

memory, remember

avoid

raah (21)

street, path

flowers

lab (18)

lip, lips

sayoon (1)

breezes

gesu (2)

tresses

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18 / 28: yaad

na itna zulm kar ai chaandni

bahr-e-khuda, chhup ja

tujhe dekhe se yaad aata hai

mujh ko mahtaab apnaa

do not be cruel, o moonlight

for god's sake, hide away

when i see you, i recall

the moon that was mine

zulm (10)

cruelty, tyranny

moonlight

bahr (5)

sea, body of water

khuda (25)

god

yaad (28)

memory, remember

moon

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19 / 28: yaad

dil aabaad kahan reh paaye

us ki yaad bhula dene se

kamra 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

yaad (28)

memory, remember

aabaad (3)

flourishing, populated

kamra (2)

room

viraan (1)

desolate, infertile

photo, picture, image

haTa (2)

to remove

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20 / 28: yaad

hum ko yaaron ne

yaad bhi na rakha

'jaun' yaaron ke

yaar the hum to

my friends now

don’t even remember me

though ‘juan’ was

a dear friend of theirs

yaad (28)

memory, remember

yaaron (3)

friends

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21 / 28: yaad

duniya ke sitam yaad

na apni hi wafa yaad

ab mujh ko nahin kuchh bhi

mohabbat ke siwa yaad

i remember neither the world’s cruelty

nor my own faithful toiling

i don’t now remember anything

but my love

1959: Sahitya Akademi

duniya (22)

world

sitam (11)

tyranny, cruelty

yaad (28)

memory, remember

love

siwa (2)

butfor, except

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22 / 28: yaad

tujhe kuchh ishq-o-ulfat

ke siva bhi yaad hai, aye dil

sunaaye ja raha hai

ek hi afsaana barson se

do you remember anything besides

love and longing, my heart?

you've been recounting

the same old fable for ages

ishq (36)

love

ulfat (6)

love, friendship, affection

yaad (28)

memory, remember

dil (74)

heart

story, tale, fiction

barson (4)

years

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23 / 28: yaad

baad marne ke

meri qabr pe aaye woh ‘mir’

yaad aayi mere isa ko

dawa mere baad

my beloved came to my grave

after i am dead

my healer remembered the cure

after i am gone

baad (7)

breeze / after

qabr (5)

grave, tomb

yaad (28)

memory, remember

isa (1)

healer, god

dawa (5)

medicine, cure

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24 / 28: yaad

yaad-e-butaan naheen ke

khayaal-e-khuda naheen

sab kuchh bashar ki dil mein hai

aye shaikh, kya nahin?

no memory of idols

nor any thought of god

all is within the human heart

what is not there, o preacher?

yaad (28)

memory, remember

butaan (2)

beloved

khayaal (14)

thoughts

khuda (25)

god

bashar (1)

mankind, human

shaikh (2)

holy man, scholar

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25 / 28: yaad

aur sab yaad rehta hai

mujh ko…magar

yaad rahta naheen

bhool jaana use

i remember

everything…but

i fail to remember

to forget him

yaad (28)

memory, remember

bhool (14)

forget, mistake

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26 / 28: yaad

utaar phenk de

khush-fahmiyon ke saare ghilaaf

jo shakhs bhool gaya

usko yaad kya rakhna

cast off

the pretense of false delusions

why remember those

who have forgotten you?

phenk (2)

throw

delusions, false hopes

covering, mask

shakhs (14)

person, individual

bhool (14)

forget, mistake

yaad (28)

memory, remember

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27 / 28: yaad

agar ruk jaaye meri dhaDkan

tho maut na samajhna

kayi baar aisa hua hai

federer ko yaad karte karte

if my heart stops a while

don’t presume I am dead

many a time it so happens

when i recollect federer!

yaad (28)

memory, remember

heartbeat

maut (3)

death

understand

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28 / 28: yaad

jab jaam diya tha saaqi ne

jab daur chala tha mehfil mein

ik hosh ki saa'at kya kahiye

kuch yaad rahi kuch bhool gaye

when the wine-pourer handed me the cup

when the drinks were flowing freely

what to say of that moment of awareness

some things remembered, some forgotten

jaam (9)

wine cup, goblet

saaqi (6)

wine-pourer, bartender

daur (3)

age, era, period

mehfil (17)

gathering, concert

hosh (6)

consciousness

saa'at (1)

moment, time

yaad (28)

memory, remember

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