10 Urdu ash'ar / shaayari (shers, couplets) by
Mir Taqi Mir
1723-1810,
Agra (Uttar Pradesh)
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rahee nagufta mere dil mein
dastaan mere
na us dayaar mein samjha koyi
zabaan mere
my heart held
my untold tale
and, no one in that realm
understood my language
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kiska kaaba? kaisa qibla?
kaun haram hai? kya ehraam?
kooche ke us ke baashindon ne
sab ko yahin se salaam kiya
which sanctum? what holy direction?
who is divine? which holy robes?
from the lane of the beloved
we bid farewell to all
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holy mosque in Mecca
direction of prayer
sacred or holy place
pilgrimage attire
street
residents, inhabitants
greeting, farewell
Theme: Religion, Reason & Tradition (58)
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ye zard zard chehra
ye laghari badan mein
kyaa ishq mein hua hai
ai ‘mir’ haal tera
your face so pale
and body so frail
what love is it, ‘mir’,
that got you to this state
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4 / 10: Mir Taqi Mir
mohabbat ne zulmat se
kaadhaa hai noor
na hoti mohabbat
na hota zuhoor
from the depths of darkness
love has brought out light
without love
there is no sight
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5 / 10: Mir Taqi Mir
pattaa-pattaa buutaa-buutaa
haal hamaara jaane hai
jaane na jaane gul hi na jaane
baagh to saara jaane hai
every leaf, every plant
knows my feelings
the whole garden knows them
even if the flower doesn't
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Theme: Friends, Family & Community (117)
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6 / 10: Mir Taqi Mir
mastaana saath mere
roti phire hai bulbul
gul se jo dil lagaa hai
abtar hai haal us ka
drunk and free, the nightingale
cries and roams around with me
with the heart set on the flower
and in a wretched, broken state
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7 / 10: Mir Taqi Mir
zakhm jhele, daagh bhi
khaye bahut
dil laga kar hum to
pachhtaaye bahut
many wounds i bore,
many scars did i sustain
getting my heart entangled
i regretted a lot
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Theme: Heart, Mind & Memory (61)
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8 / 10: Mir Taqi Mir
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
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Theme: Loneliness, Solitude & Grief (101)
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9 / 10: Mir Taqi Mir
phirte ho ‘mir’ sahab
sab se juda juda tum
shaayad kaheen
tumhaara dil in dinon laga hai
o mir, you keep roaming
away from everyone else
perhaps you have your heart
set on someone these days?
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Theme: Heart, Mind & Memory (61)
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10 / 10: Mir Taqi Mir
dil ki viraani ka
kya mazkur hai
ye nagar sau martaba
luta gaya
of this heart’s desolation
what’s there to say
a hundred times has
this city been plundered
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Theme: Heart, Mind & Memory (61)
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