9 Urdu ash'ar / shayari (shers, couplets) by
Wali Dakni
(Shamsuddin Mohammad Vali)
1667-1707,
Aurangabad (Maharashtra)
1 / 9: Wali Dakni
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
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2 / 9: Wali Dakni
aye noor-e-jaan-o-deeda
tere intezaar mein
muddat huyi palak se palak
aashna naheen
o radiance of my soul and sight,
while longing for you
my eyes haven't closed
in ages
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3 / 9: Wali Dakni
shaghl behtar hai
ishq-baazi ka
kya haqeeqi o
kya majaazi ka
the best occupation
is that of love
whether divine or worldly
doesn't matter
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4 / 9: Wali Dakni
aarzoo-e-chashma-e-kausar
naheen
tishna-lab huun
sharbat-e-deedaar ka
i do not long for
the heavenly fountain of kausar
my lips are parched for
the sweet nectar of your sight
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5 / 9: Wali Dakni
raah-e-mazmuun-e-taaza
band naheen
taa qayaamat khula hai
baab-e-sukhan
the path to fresh ideas
is never sealed shut
the door to new expression
remains open till doomsday
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6 / 9: Wali Dakni
pii ke bairaag ki
udaasi se
dil pe mere sadaa
udaasi hai
from the sorrow of my
beloved's detachment
my heart remains forever
cloaked in grief
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7 / 9: Wali Dakni
dil-e-ushshaaq
kyun na ho raushan
jab khayaal-e-sanam
charaagh hua
why wouldn't
the lovers' hearts be radiant
when the thought of the beloved
lights up like a flame
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8 / 9: Wali Dakni
muflisi sab bahaar
khoti hai
mard ka eitbaar
khoti hai
poverty robs
all seasons of their beauty
and it strips man
of his dignity and trust
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9 / 9: Wali Dakni
jise ishq ka teer
kaari lage
use zindagi kyoon
na bhaari lage
one who is struck
by love's sharp arrow
how could life
not feel heavy to them?
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