33 Urdu ash'ar / shaayari (shers, couplets) containing the word:
yaad: memory, remember
1 / 33: yaad
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
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2 / 33: yaad
jab tujhe
ek nazar dekha tha
i remembered
those first showers
when i
caught a glimpse of you
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (114)
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3 / 33: yaad
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
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4 / 33: yaad
jinhen bhoolne mein
zamaane lage hain
i once again started
remembering that
which has taken me
a lifetime to forget
memory, remember
Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (64)
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5 / 33: yaad
mujh se mere gunaah ka hisaab
aye khuda, na maang
the painful scars of unmet desires
keep coming to my mind
don't from me also ask, oh god,
an account of my sins
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6 / 33: yaad
woh zamaana yaad hai
To fill
i still remember
To fill
i still remember
To fill
2014: Commemorative Stamp, India
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7 / 33: yaad
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
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8 / 33: yaad
tujhe dekhe se yaad aata hai
mujh ko mahtaab apna
be not so cruel, o moonlight,
for god's sake, hide yourself
your glow reminds me
of my own absent moon
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9 / 33: yaad
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
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10 / 33: yaad
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
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11 / 33: yaad
tu ne vaada kiya tha
yaad to kar
your constraints
are understandable, but...
you made a promise
please remember that
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (127)
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12 / 33: yaad
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
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13 / 33: yaad
jo shakhs bhool gaya
usko yaad kya rakhna
cast off
the pretense of false delusions
why remember those
who have forgotten you?
throw
delusions, false hopes
covering, mask
person, individual
forget, mistake
memory, remember
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (127)
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14 / 33: yaad
baat puraani hai
ek yaad puraani hai
in the heart, again
the same pain awakens
an old matter
an old memory
Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (64)
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15 / 33: yaad
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
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16 / 33: yaad
jab unko ye pata chalega
tum federer ko dekha tha
generations to come will
remember you, my fellows
when they come to know
that you have seen federer
generations, ages
memory, remember
contemporaries
address, whereabouts
Theme: Nature, World & Universe (49)
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17 / 33: yaad
sunaaye ja raha hai
ek hi afsaana barson se
do you recall anything but
love and longing, my heart?
you've been recounting
the same old fable for ages
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18 / 33: yaad
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
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19 / 33: yaad
yaad rahta naheen
bhool jaana use
i remember
everything…but
i fail to remember
to forget him
Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (64)
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20 / 33: yaad
na dava yaad rahe
aur na dua yaad rahe
what can he remember
one afflicted by love
neither the medication
nor the blessing
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21 / 33: yaad
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
Theme: Nature, World & Universe (49)
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22 / 33: yaad
ik samundar hai
meri tanhaayi
a boat it is
the memory of you, if
my loneliness
is an ocean
Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (64)
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23 / 33: yaad
'jaun' yaaron ke
yaar the hum to
my friends now
don’t even remember me
though ‘juan’ was
a dear friend of theirs
Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (127)
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24 / 33: yaad
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
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (114)
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25 / 33: yaad
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
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26 / 33: yaad
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 (64)
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27 / 33: yaad
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
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28 / 33: yaad
gum-karda raah-e-baagh huun
yaad aashiyaan naheen
inquire not of my desolate state
for what could i say?
i wander astray in the garden
with no memory of my home
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29 / 33: yaad
ab mujh ko nahin kuchh bhi
mohabbat ke siwa yaad
i remember not the world’s cruelty
nor my own faithful toiling
i don’t now remember anything
but my love
1959: Sahitya Akademi
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30 / 33: yaad
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
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31 / 33: yaad
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
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32 / 33: yaad
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!
Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (64)
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33 / 33: yaad
sab kuchh bashar ki dil mein hai
aye shaikh, kya naheen?
no memory of idols
nor any thought of god
all is within the human heart
what is not there, o preacher?
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