💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝Thousands of longings, each so fierce it could take my breath away,
many of my wishes did come true, yet still they weren't enough.❞
many of my wishes did come true, yet still they weren't enough.❞
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🔗❝They too had pain, yet they left
I too have pain, but where can I go❞
I too have pain, but where can I go❞
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🔗❝They wrote in a letter
forget me
but I read that same letter every day❞
forget me
but I read that same letter every day❞
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🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝Do not ask of me that same first love, my love,
I had once believed that with you, life itself would shine.❞
I had once believed that with you, life itself would shine.❞
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🔗❝So what if there are tears in my eyes
The feelings of the heart do not come to the tongue❞
The feelings of the heart do not come to the tongue❞
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🔗❝Whenever I look at the empty sky
I see your face there❞
I see your face there❞
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🔗❝I keep hiding the pain deep in my heart
Smiling on the outside, I am dying within❞
Smiling on the outside, I am dying within❞
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🔗❝Whatever I burned in the loneliness of night
In the morning I found their image in the ashes❞
In the morning I found their image in the ashes❞
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🔗❝For the pain you gave me
I am grateful
At least I felt
that I exist❞
I am grateful
At least I felt
that I exist❞
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🔗❝This pain has no name
Is it loneliness or the memory of you❞
Is it loneliness or the memory of you❞
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🔗❝There is a strange kind of suffering
I cannot weep
I cannot forget❞
I cannot weep
I cannot forget❞
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🔗❝There must have been some compulsions
No one is unfaithful without reason❞
No one is unfaithful without reason❞
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🔗❝There is a time even for weeping
after which even the tears dry up❞
after which even the tears dry up❞
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🔗❝I admit that Ghalib amounts to nothing
But if it comes for free, what is the harm❞
But if it comes for free, what is the harm❞
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🔗❝What days those were when we were together
Today in loneliness those days come to mind❞
Today in loneliness those days come to mind❞
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🔗❝What moments those were
that passed in your company
now every moment feels like a prison❞
that passed in your company
now every moment feels like a prison❞
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🔗❝The distance between us
is not measured in miles
but in silences❞
is not measured in miles
but in silences❞
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🔗❝How shall I tell you how lonely I am
Even in a crowded gathering there is solitude❞
Even in a crowded gathering there is solitude❞
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🔗❝The moment that has passed does not return
But its memory stays fresh forever❞
But its memory stays fresh forever❞
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🔗❝If pain meets pain, it may lessen somewhat
If tears meet tears, they flow and wash away❞
If tears meet tears, they flow and wash away❞
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🔗❝What shall I say about the matters of my heart
For there are no words in my tongue to say them❞
For there are no words in my tongue to say them❞
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🔗❝I stayed silent, you walked away
We both lost each other❞
We both lost each other❞
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🔗❝Tears that come
will flow and be gone
but what of the pain
that does not reach the eyes❞
will flow and be gone
but what of the pain
that does not reach the eyes❞
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🔗❝No one listens to anyone here
All are lost in their own grief❞
All are lost in their own grief❞
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🔗❝I must stay happy even in sorrow
Otherwise they will think that I have been ruined❞
Otherwise they will think that I have been ruined❞
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🔗❝Those who were mine became strangers
And strangers I could not find either❞
And strangers I could not find either❞
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🔗❝I die in your memory every day
What do you care about me❞
What do you care about me❞
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🔗❝Every time you made me cry
you said it was the last time
and I believed you❞
you said it was the last time
and I believed you❞
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🔗❝Let the light of your memories stay with me
Who knows in which alley the evening of life may fall❞
Who knows in which alley the evening of life may fall❞
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🔗❝That letter which I never received
I am still waiting for it today❞
I am still waiting for it today❞
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🔗❝These stone-hearted people do speak
But do they ever speak from the heart❞
But do they ever speak from the heart❞
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🔗❝On this journey there will be harsh sun
Walk if you can
You are also lost in the crowd
Step out if you can❞
Walk if you can
You are also lost in the crowd
Step out if you can❞
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🔗❝I think about what I'll say when I see them
But when they come before me, my eyes fill with tears❞
But when they come before me, my eyes fill with tears❞
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🔗❝In the dark night of sorrow, do not let your heart tremble
Morning will surely come, morning will surely come❞
Morning will surely come, morning will surely come❞
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🔗❝Even after so many days, their memory
is just as fresh
as it was the very first day❞
is just as fresh
as it was the very first day❞
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🔗❝A person breaks but does not shatter completely
This is life's greatest pain❞
This is life's greatest pain❞
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🔗❝They met me on the roadway in such a way
As if parting was already their habit❞
As if parting was already their habit❞
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🔗❝I will leave him if he does not come
Saying this, a lifetime passes by❞
Saying this, a lifetime passes by❞
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🔗❝I learned to walk holding hands in the dark
but in the light I never learned to walk alone❞
but in the light I never learned to walk alone❞
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🔗❝We are those people who weep while laughing
and while weeping make others smile❞
and while weeping make others smile❞
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🔗❝Whoever leaves is remembered
Whoever stays is never truly valued❞
Whoever stays is never truly valued❞
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🔗❝How long will you remember me
One day you will forget me too❞
One day you will forget me too❞
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🔗❝O Mir, who can escape from those half-drunk eyes
I have seen many a soul lost while merely gazing❞
I have seen many a soul lost while merely gazing❞
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🔗❝Is this life or is it some punishment
At every turn, only loneliness awaits❞
At every turn, only loneliness awaits❞
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🔗❝Had we not met this way, we would not have parted this way
This wound in the heart would not have been❞
This wound in the heart would not have been❞
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🔗❝No one ever gets a complete world
Somewhere the earth is missing, somewhere the sky❞
Somewhere the earth is missing, somewhere the sky❞
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🔗❝O my naive heart, what has happened to you,
after all, what is the cure for this pain.❞
after all, what is the cure for this pain.❞
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🔗❝A story that cannot be brought to its conclusion
is best left behind at some beautiful turning point❞
is best left behind at some beautiful turning point❞
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🔗❝I know the destination of every path in this world
But I cannot find the path to your heart❞
But I cannot find the path to your heart❞
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🔗❝What was in my heart remained unsaid
What was not in my heart came to pass❞
What was not in my heart came to pass❞
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🔗❝All my strategies went in reverse, medicine did nothing
In the end, this sickness of the heart finished me off❞
In the end, this sickness of the heart finished me off❞
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🔗❝Whether anyone understands my grief or not
I know this pain belongs to me❞
I know this pain belongs to me❞
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🔗❝I do not grieve over parting from you
I grieve that I lost myself in the process❞
I grieve that I lost myself in the process❞
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🔗❝I am not the light of anyone's eye
Nor the peace of anyone's heart
Useless to anyone in this world
I am but a handful of dust❞
Nor the peace of anyone's heart
Useless to anyone in this world
I am but a handful of dust❞
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🔗❝What you did was not the pain
The real pain came after you left❞
The real pain came after you left❞
👁️129.0k
🔗❝Sleep does not come to me at night anymore
Without you, even my bed feels like thorns❞
Without you, even my bed feels like thorns❞
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🔗❝Stay happy wherever you are
This is all I can offer — a prayer❞
This is all I can offer — a prayer❞
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🔗❝Another river still awaited me, O Munir, ahead,
Just as I crossed the one river, this is what I saw instead.❞
Just as I crossed the one river, this is what I saw instead.❞
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🔗❝Ever since we parted
even my shadow does not walk beside me❞
even my shadow does not walk beside me❞
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🔗❝When your memory came, the heart broke again
I had spent so long piecing it back together❞
I had spent so long piecing it back together❞
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🔗❝Weary have we grown of life's endless strife and pain,
Lest, in heartlessness, we cast this whole world away.❞
Lest, in heartlessness, we cast this whole world away.❞
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🔗❝Even after talking to you, a restlessness remained
Some things could not be said, some things could not be heard❞
Some things could not be said, some things could not be heard❞
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🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝Come, let us become strangers once again, the two of us,
let me hold on to no more hope of your tenderness.❞
let me hold on to no more hope of your tenderness.❞
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🔗❝I sacrifice myself to your streets, O homeland
Where the custom is that none may walk with head held high❞
Where the custom is that none may walk with head held high❞
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🔗❝What a strange spectacle life is
what the heart desires does not happen
what the heart does not want comes to pass❞
what the heart desires does not happen
what the heart does not want comes to pass❞
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🔗❝Last night sleep did not come to me
I just kept thinking about you❞
I just kept thinking about you❞
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🔗❝It was not in my fate to meet my beloved at last,
had I lived on longer, this same waiting would have gone on.❞
had I lived on longer, this same waiting would have gone on.❞
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🔗❝I remember that first meeting
which has now become the last❞
which has now become the last❞
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🔗❝Rarely is a visionary born in this garden
Somewhere these colors and fragrances linger, somewhere the gardener of gardens❞
Somewhere these colors and fragrances linger, somewhere the gardener of gardens❞
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🔗❝Ever since you left
every rain is a rain of pain❞
every rain is a rain of pain❞
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🔗❝Like a beggar I came, called out, and went my way,
Stay happy, my friend — I leave you a prayer today.❞
Stay happy, my friend — I leave you a prayer today.❞
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🔗❝If we part now, perhaps we'll meet someday in dreams
Like dried flowers found pressed between the pages of books❞
Like dried flowers found pressed between the pages of books❞
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🔗❝O sorrow of the heart, what shall I do; O madness of the heart, what shall I do
Tell me what to do with this force of life itself❞
Tell me what to do with this force of life itself❞
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🔗❝I do not remember the count of my joys
but every moment of sorrow is etched in memory❞
but every moment of sorrow is etched in memory❞
👁️118.8k
🔗❝I had wanted to forget you
but forgetting is also a way of remembering❞
but forgetting is also a way of remembering❞
👁️117.6k
🔗❝Mir's poetry is a whisper
written by drowning in a river of sorrow❞
written by drowning in a river of sorrow❞
👁️117.0k
🔗❝Since evening there's a dampness in my eyes,
today, once again, I feel your absence.❞
today, once again, I feel your absence.❞
👁️106.0k
🔗❝The paths of your coming are very difficult
Every night passes in one single hope❞
Every night passes in one single hope❞
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🔗❝It is true that you give me pain
It is equally true that without you there is no peace❞
It is equally true that without you there is no peace❞
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🔗❝Their duty is theirs to know, let the politicians decide,
My message is only love, wherever it may reside.❞
My message is only love, wherever it may reside.❞
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🔗❝Speak, for your lips are still free
Speak, for your tongue is still your own❞
Speak, for your tongue is still your own❞
👁️114.6k
🔗❝The news of your leaving
stole away all news of living❞
stole away all news of living❞
👁️114.0k
🔗❝No hope of mine ever comes to pass,
no sign, no glimpse, ever appears.❞
no sign, no glimpse, ever appears.❞
👁️103.0k
🔗❝You appeared before me in such a way that I lost myself
you left, taking me away even from my own self❞
you left, taking me away even from my own self❞
👁️106.0k
🔗❝The pain you give is not really pain
It is a feeling that keeps me alive❞
It is a feeling that keeps me alive❞
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🔗❝Come if only to hurt my heart with bitterness
Come again, just to leave me once more❞
Come again, just to leave me once more❞
👁️112.8k
🔗❝When I passed through their street
it felt as though the wound had freshened❞
it felt as though the wound had freshened❞
👁️111.6k
🔗❝Life would have passed by anyway
Why did I keep waiting for you❞
Why did I keep waiting for you❞
👁️111.0k
🔗❝When thoughts come at dusk
it feels as if everything is incomplete❞
it feels as if everything is incomplete❞
👁️110.4k
🔗❝They did not come — but the news of their not coming
I wish no one had given me that news❞
I wish no one had given me that news❞
👁️109.2k
🔗❝O naive heart, what has happened to you
What is the cure for this pain after all❞
What is the cure for this pain after all❞
👁️109.2k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝Long since Ghalib has died, yet still I recall with a sigh,
How on every little thing he'd muse, "what if it were otherwise."❞
How on every little thing he'd muse, "what if it were otherwise."❞
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🔗❝There is no evening when I do not remember them
There is no night when my eyes do not fill with tears❞
There is no night when my eyes do not fill with tears❞
👁️108.0k
🔗❝No one ever finds a world that is whole and complete,
somewhere the earth is missing, somewhere the sky is gone.❞
somewhere the earth is missing, somewhere the sky is gone.❞
👁️98.0k
🔗❝These friends, these enemies, this world
All are busy in their own affairs
And I keep waiting for you❞
All are busy in their own affairs
And I keep waiting for you❞
👁️106.8k
🔗❝Ahmad Faraz wept a great deal late in the night
Her memory returned after a long, long night❞
Her memory returned after a long, long night❞
👁️105.6k
🔗❝The spring breeze fills the flowers with color
Come now, so the garden's work may carry on❞
Come now, so the garden's work may carry on❞
👁️104.4k
🔗❝Burning and burning in love's fire
another night has passed❞
another night has passed❞
👁️104.4k
🔗❝Everyone says it will take time
but how much time it will take
nobody says❞
but how much time it will take
nobody says❞
👁️103.2k
🔗❝If my fate held so much sorrow
O Lord, you should have given me several hearts❞
O Lord, you should have given me several hearts❞
👁️102.0k
🔗❝You were a part of my life
now that part is empty❞
now that part is empty❞
👁️102.0k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝What is left unsaid —
hurts the most.❞
hurts the most.❞
👁️98.0k
🔗❝For an age I have been deprived of the pleasure of weeping
O comfort of my soul, even making me cry you cannot do❞
O comfort of my soul, even making me cry you cannot do❞
👁️100.8k
🔗❝What shall I call this helplessness
when there is pain but no words for it❞
when there is pain but no words for it❞
👁️100.2k
🔗❝Even the art of shedding tears I have lost
I am buried beneath the weight of my pain❞
I am buried beneath the weight of my pain❞
👁️99.6k
🔗❝The heart is not without hope, though it has known defeat,
long is this evening of grief, but it is still just an evening.❞
long is this evening of grief, but it is still just an evening.❞
👁️90.0k
🔗❝My heart finds no comfort in this ruined land
whose fortune has ever lasted in this impermanent world❞
whose fortune has ever lasted in this impermanent world❞
👁️89.0k
🔗❝Wounds heal but scars remain
Some people leave but are remembered still❞
Some people leave but are remembered still❞
👁️97.8k
🔗❝There are other sorrows in the world besides love
There are other comforts besides the comfort of union❞
There are other comforts besides the comfort of union❞
👁️97.2k
🔗❝Sometimes it just happens like this
that the heart fills up for no reason at all❞
that the heart fills up for no reason at all❞
👁️96.0k
🔗❝I do not believe blood is meant to merely run through veins,
if it never fell as a tear, then what is blood at all.❞
if it never fell as a tear, then what is blood at all.❞
👁️88.0k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝The most painful moment is
when you want to talk to someone
but there is no one there.❞
when you want to talk to someone
but there is no one there.❞
👁️91.0k
🔗❝The heart again seeks those leisurely days and nights
Spent sitting lost in thoughts of the beloved❞
Spent sitting lost in thoughts of the beloved❞
👁️95.4k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝In the effort to stay happy —
How tired I have become.❞
How tired I have become.❞
👁️92.0k
🔗❝Their fragrance still comes to me sometimes
carried in the wind❞
carried in the wind❞
👁️94.8k
🔗❝I have no courage to speak
And silence does not serve me either❞
And silence does not serve me either❞
👁️94.2k
🔗❝Even in loneliness, your memories are with me
Perhaps that is why even loneliness feels good❞
Perhaps that is why even loneliness feels good❞
👁️93.6k
🔗❝Life's prison and sorrow's chains are truly one and the same,
Why should a man find freedom from grief before death's claim?❞
Why should a man find freedom from grief before death's claim?❞
👁️96.5k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝The longest journey —
is from the eyes to the heart.❞
is from the eyes to the heart.❞
👁️90.0k
🔗❝You came to me one night
After that night, every night remains incomplete❞
After that night, every night remains incomplete❞
👁️92.4k
🔗❝Those who keep stopping themselves from being remembered
are in truth the ones remembered the most❞
are in truth the ones remembered the most❞
👁️91.8k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝When everyone sleeps at night —
Some people lie awake alone.
This is their story.❞
Some people lie awake alone.
This is their story.❞
👁️88.0k
🔗❝Do not ask of me, my love, that same love as before
I had thought that with you, life would be radiant❞
I had thought that with you, life would be radiant❞
👁️90.0k
🔗❝On this journey no companion was found
Nor was the destination reached
Yet we kept walking❞
Nor was the destination reached
Yet we kept walking❞
👁️90.0k
🔗❝Even today when someone asks
how are you
I lie and say
I am fine❞
how are you
I lie and say
I am fine❞
👁️88.8k
🔗❝How many silences speak today
of the fact that you are not here beside me❞
of the fact that you are not here beside me❞
👁️87.6k
🔗❝I set out utterly alone toward my destination, but,
people kept joining along the way, and a caravan was formed.❞
people kept joining along the way, and a caravan was formed.❞
👁️79.0k
🔗❝All night long we kept remembering them
In the morning they remembered us❞
In the morning they remembered us❞
👁️86.4k
🔗❝I am not angry at you, O life — I am bewildered
I am troubled by your innocent questions❞
I am troubled by your innocent questions❞
👁️85.2k
🔗❝I stop every time at that very turning
where you said goodbye❞
where you said goodbye❞
👁️84.6k
🔗❝I meet everyone with a smile,
No one knows I am broken from within.
I have learned to hide my wounds,
I have learned to endure pain while laughing.❞
No one knows I am broken from within.
I have learned to hide my wounds,
I have learned to endure pain while laughing.❞
👁️84.0k
🔗❝If even death brings no peace, then where shall we go,
Ghalib remains restless — it is simply his nature.❞
Ghalib remains restless — it is simply his nature.❞
👁️76.0k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝The greatest pain is —
when someone close becomes a stranger.❞
when someone close becomes a stranger.❞
👁️81.0k
🔗❝When your memory comes
the world of my heart lights up
then why is your memory so painful❞
the world of my heart lights up
then why is your memory so painful❞
👁️82.8k
🔗❝After you left, I live like this
Heart broken, yet the breath keeps going❞
Heart broken, yet the breath keeps going❞
👁️82.2k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝That thing I have wanted to say for years —
perhaps now
I will never be able to say it.❞
perhaps now
I will never be able to say it.❞
👁️78.0k
🔗❝This is only love's beginning, why do you already weep,
just wait and watch what more is yet to come.❞
just wait and watch what more is yet to come.❞
👁️74.0k
🔗❝I was utterly mad with love for them
They were quite aware of my eventual departure❞
They were quite aware of my eventual departure❞
👁️80.4k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝I'm fine in front of everyone —
but I fall apart when alone.
This is my life.❞
but I fall apart when alone.
This is my life.❞
👁️78.0k
🔗❝Love cannot be forced, O Ghalib — it is such a fire
That cannot be lit at will, nor extinguished once ablaze❞
That cannot be lit at will, nor extinguished once ablaze❞
👁️79.8k
🔗❝You do not know how many times
we call out your name in your absence❞
we call out your name in your absence❞
👁️78.6k
🔗❝Even weeping in solitude is hard,
For fear that if I make a sound, someone might hear.
I am drowning in this river of pain,
There is no one to hold my hand.❞
For fear that if I make a sound, someone might hear.
I am drowning in this river of pain,
There is no one to hold my hand.❞
👁️78.0k
🔗❝The stone does not know
how long the journey is
from the eyes to the heart❞
how long the journey is
from the eyes to the heart❞
👁️78.0k
🔗❝The light of my memories of you stays always by my side,
even in this dark life, one small lamp remains lit within.❞
even in this dark life, one small lamp remains lit within.❞
👁️71.0k
🔗❝Raise yourself so high that before every destiny
God himself asks — tell me, what is your wish❞
God himself asks — tell me, what is your wish❞
👁️76.2k
🔗❝What I have been through
is not written in any book❞
is not written in any book❞
👁️75.6k
🔗❝Those were also such days,
When everyone was together —
Now everyone exists, but not together.❞
When everyone was together —
Now everyone exists, but not together.❞
👁️75.0k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝Lucky are those
who have someone of their own,
There are those like me
for whom a lonely night is home.❞
who have someone of their own,
There are those like me
for whom a lonely night is home.❞
👁️72.5k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝Those who share in everyone's pain —
no one sees their own pain.❞
no one sees their own pain.❞
👁️72.0k
🔗❝Crying in a closed room
is also an art
that I have learned❞
is also an art
that I have learned❞
👁️74.4k
🔗❝The pain is so deep that tears no longer come,
the wounds so old that even pain has gone numb.
I have learned to live in silence,
what use is making noise when no one listens.❞
the wounds so old that even pain has gone numb.
I have learned to live in silence,
what use is making noise when no one listens.❞
👁️71.0k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝Some wounds do heal —
but they always leave
a scar behind.❞
but they always leave
a scar behind.❞
👁️70.5k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝My heart does not settle in this ruined land —
for whom has anything lasted in this transient world?
Tell these longings to go dwell elsewhere —
where is there room in this wounded heart?❞
for whom has anything lasted in this transient world?
Tell these longings to go dwell elsewhere —
where is there room in this wounded heart?❞
👁️70.0k
🔗❝When I shed tears in the loneliness of the night
It feels as though I am speaking with my old self❞
It feels as though I am speaking with my old self❞
👁️73.2k
🔗❝So hard it is for anything to come easy at all,
Even a man cannot easily become humane at all.❞
Even a man cannot easily become humane at all.❞
👁️52.3k
🔗❝What I wanted to say, I could not,
This is the greatest pain.❞
This is the greatest pain.❞
👁️72.0k
🔗❝Those I had hope from, they are the ones who broke me,
Those I trusted, they are the ones who left.
Now whom do I believe,
When my own people have betrayed me.❞
Those I trusted, they are the ones who left.
Now whom do I believe,
When my own people have betrayed me.❞
👁️72.0k
🔗❝We gave our heart away
They took our whole lifetime in return❞
They took our whole lifetime in return❞
👁️72.0k
🔗❝Life brought us, death shall lead us away
neither did we come by our own wish, nor shall we leave by it❞
neither did we come by our own wish, nor shall we leave by it❞
👁️67.0k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝The person who makes everyone laugh the most —
Cries the most inside.❞
Cries the most inside.❞
👁️69.0k
🔗❝Mir too has his pair of tearful eyes
Ghalib has his share too, but lacks not in love❞
Ghalib has his share too, but lacks not in love❞
👁️70.8k
🔗❝It is but a heart, not stone or brick — why should it not fill with pain
I will weep a thousand times — why should anyone need to torment me❞
I will weep a thousand times — why should anyone need to torment me❞
👁️69.6k
🔗❝Sometimes crying is necessary,
So that the heart can become lighter.❞
So that the heart can become lighter.❞
👁️69.0k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝Sometimes I get tired of pretending everything is fine,
but I cannot stop — because the world has no use for weakness.❞
but I cannot stop — because the world has no use for weakness.❞
👁️64.0k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝On sad nights —
some songs understand more.❞
some songs understand more.❞
👁️65.0k
🔗❝I do not know why even today
I am still searching for your voice❞
I am still searching for your voice❞
👁️67.2k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝Those who wound us are often the ones
we trusted the most,
Pain doesn't come from strangers —
it comes from those we called our own.❞
we trusted the most,
Pain doesn't come from strangers —
it comes from those we called our own.❞
👁️64.0k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝There are still some people who won't be found this way —
there is still some pain that won't be found this way.
If I leave, where would I go from this city —
in every lane here my dear ones reside.❞
there is still some pain that won't be found this way.
If I leave, where would I go from this city —
in every lane here my dear ones reside.❞
👁️63.0k
🔗❝It is difficult to give words to pain,
But pain without words only grows deeper.❞
But pain without words only grows deeper.❞
👁️66.0k
🔗❝Some pains are such,
That they cannot be expressed in words.
Some wounds are such,
That are not visible but never heal.❞
That they cannot be expressed in words.
Some wounds are such,
That are not visible but never heal.❞
👁️66.0k
🔗❝A drop's only joy is to vanish into the river,
for pain to cross all limits is to become its own cure.❞
for pain to cross all limits is to become its own cure.❞
👁️60.0k
🔗❝A wave has just risen in my heart this moment
some fresh breeze has just begun to blow❞
some fresh breeze has just begun to blow❞
👁️62.0k
🔗❝Pain has come late
but it will not leave in a hurry❞
but it will not leave in a hurry❞
👁️65.4k
🔗❝I am afraid to open the doors of my heart
Lest someone come and shut them once again❞
Lest someone come and shut them once again❞
👁️64.8k
🔗❝Wounds are not the ones that show,
wounds are the ones that burn inside.
The visible ones heal with time,
but the hidden ones forever reside.❞
wounds are the ones that burn inside.
The visible ones heal with time,
but the hidden ones forever reside.❞
👁️62.0k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝Come, if only to hurt this heart once more,
Come, if only to leave me again as before.
At least maintain the illusion of my love's pride —
If you won't come, at least feign reason and guide.❞
Come, if only to leave me again as before.
At least maintain the illusion of my love's pride —
If you won't come, at least feign reason and guide.❞
👁️61.0k
🔗❝Loneliness is that wound,
Which is not visible but burns.❞
Which is not visible but burns.❞
👁️63.0k
🔗❝Like moments that pass, they too passed away
Leaving behind only a chain of memories❞
Leaving behind only a chain of memories❞
👁️63.0k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝Even in loneliness —
Your voice echoes.
Maybe you haven't gone — just far.❞
Your voice echoes.
Maybe you haven't gone — just far.❞
👁️61.0k
🔗❝I hope for a loyalty you never showed
You complain of a cruelty I never committed❞
You complain of a cruelty I never committed❞
👁️62.4k
🔗❝Some nights are very long,
When the eyes are closed but there is no sleep.❞
When the eyes are closed but there is no sleep.❞
👁️61.0k
🔗❝What if this whole world were mine to hold and see,
This world of palaces, of thrones, of crowns of vanity.❞
This world of palaces, of thrones, of crowns of vanity.❞
👁️40.8k
🔗❝This is just the beginning of love — why do you weep
Wait and see what lies ahead❞
Wait and see what lies ahead❞
👁️60.6k
🔗❝Life gave everything,
Just not peace.❞
Just not peace.❞
👁️60.0k
🔗❝I have learned to wet the pillow at night,
And to smile through the day.
There is no one to understand me,
I have learned to console myself.❞
And to smile through the day.
There is no one to understand me,
I have learned to console myself.❞
👁️60.0k
🔗❝In a few moments everything changed
In a few moments everything was lost❞
In a few moments everything was lost❞
👁️60.0k
🔗❝When the heart breaks,
There is no sound —
But the pain is felt throughout the body.❞
There is no sound —
But the pain is felt throughout the body.❞
👁️59.0k
🔗❝Loneliness is not when no one is there,
loneliness is when no one understands.
Alone in the crowd remains the one,
whose heart speaks but no one hears or lends their hands.❞
loneliness is when no one understands.
Alone in the crowd remains the one,
whose heart speaks but no one hears or lends their hands.❞
👁️57.0k
🔗❝This too is madness — remember it well,
Not you — and no one else comes to mind.
That I should remember someone else —
My memory holds no such intention.❞
Not you — and no one else comes to mind.
That I should remember someone else —
My memory holds no such intention.❞
👁️56.0k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝I have broken myself so much
that I no longer wish to mend,
The pain has grown so old
that medicine is no longer needed.❞
that I no longer wish to mend,
The pain has grown so old
that medicine is no longer needed.❞
👁️56.0k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝They asked: "Are you okay?"
I said: "Yes."
We both knew it was a lie,
but we both accepted it.❞
I said: "Yes."
We both knew it was a lie,
but we both accepted it.❞
👁️55.0k
🔗❝People weep in separation, but I have heard
that even after meeting, separation can come❞
that even after meeting, separation can come❞
👁️57.6k
🔗❝The mosque is far from home — let us do this instead:
let us make some weeping child smile.❞
let us make some weeping child smile.❞
👁️55.0k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝Sometimes exhaustion is not from lack of sleep —
it comes from the weight
carried in the heart.❞
it comes from the weight
carried in the heart.❞
👁️54.5k
🔗❝Moments of happiness fly away,
Moments of sorrow linger.❞
Moments of sorrow linger.❞
👁️55.0k
🔗❝When a person grows used to sorrow, sorrow itself fades
So many hardships fell upon me that they became easy❞
So many hardships fell upon me that they became easy❞
👁️55.2k
🔗❝Those who left became cherished memories,
even those who stayed have grown distant and far.
What a strange game life plays with us,
even the close ones became strangers where we are.❞
even those who stayed have grown distant and far.
What a strange game life plays with us,
even the close ones became strangers where we are.❞
👁️53.0k
🔗❝So hard it is to see this world made right,
It is no mere curl or twist of your hair, this plight.❞
It is no mere curl or twist of your hair, this plight.❞
👁️38.8k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝A sigh takes a whole lifetime to have its effect,
Who lives long enough to see your locks untangled?❞
Who lives long enough to see your locks untangled?❞
👁️51.0k
🔗❝I have heard people look at her with eyes full of wonder —
so I stay a few days in her city just to see.❞
so I stay a few days in her city just to see.❞
👁️51.0k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝Some pains don't lessen even when you share them —
you only add to the burden of the one who listens.❞
you only add to the burden of the one who listens.❞
👁️50.5k
🔗❝Those who make others laugh the most,
Are the most broken from within.❞
Are the most broken from within.❞
👁️52.0k
🔗❝Pain that is expressed —
Is not real pain.
Real pain stays silent.❞
Is not real pain.
Real pain stays silent.❞
👁️50.0k
🔗❝Time passed by while I kept smiling,
deep inside my heart kept crying.
No one knew the state I was in,
from myself I kept on hiding.❞
deep inside my heart kept crying.
No one knew the state I was in,
from myself I kept on hiding.❞
👁️52.0k
🔗❝One who is tired inside —
has to look fine on the outside.❞
has to look fine on the outside.❞
👁️49.0k
🔗❝The glow that comes upon my face when he comes to see,
He thinks it means the patient's condition is faring well.❞
He thinks it means the patient's condition is faring well.❞
👁️34.0k
🔗❝Those were good days when there was no pain
Now there is so much pain that no day is good❞
Now there is so much pain that no day is good❞
👁️49.8k
🔗❝The heart again seeks those leisurely days and nights,
When we sat lost in thoughts of the beloved.
A cigarette burns, the wind heaves sighs —
Time stands still somewhere, while we have moved on.❞
When we sat lost in thoughts of the beloved.
A cigarette burns, the wind heaves sighs —
Time stands still somewhere, while we have moved on.❞
👁️47.0k
🔗❝The name Dagh was famous throughout the world —
but when the need arose, no one came to help.❞
but when the need arose, no one came to help.❞
👁️47.0k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝The hardest thing in the world
is to stop thinking of someone
who has already forgotten you.❞
is to stop thinking of someone
who has already forgotten you.❞
👁️47.0k
🔗❝If I had more life I would have lived more —
but if asked for a lifetime's account, what would I give?
I never wept, I never laughed —
I only had one dream that shattered.❞
but if asked for a lifetime's account, what would I give?
I never wept, I never laughed —
I only had one dream that shattered.❞
👁️46.5k
🔗❝One must live by swallowing tears,
one must hide all sorrows in the chest.
We show the world a smiling face,
but broken inside we smile our best.❞
one must hide all sorrows in the chest.
We show the world a smiling face,
but broken inside we smile our best.❞
👁️46.0k
🔗❝When alone I met with myself,
I understood what heartache truly is.
I was lost in the world's busy noise,
the silence within is the deepest abyss.❞
I understood what heartache truly is.
I was lost in the world's busy noise,
the silence within is the deepest abyss.❞
👁️47.0k
🔗❝When there was distance, there was love
When we came close, the distance only grew❞
When we came close, the distance only grew❞
👁️47.4k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝I have been lonely for so very long,
You too have been lonely for just as long.
Still we two never seem to meet and belong —
What kind of distance is this, what kind of world gone wrong?❞
You too have been lonely for just as long.
Still we two never seem to meet and belong —
What kind of distance is this, what kind of world gone wrong?❞
👁️47.0k
🔗❝The spring breeze fills the flowers with colour — do come,
Come so the garden's business may resume.
The cage is sad, O friends — tell the breeze something,
For God's sake, somewhere let talk of the beloved begin.❞
Come so the garden's business may resume.
The cage is sad, O friends — tell the breeze something,
For God's sake, somewhere let talk of the beloved begin.❞
👁️43.0k
🔗❝I want the support of your love —
I want to live alongside you.
But the distances keep growing, my friend —
I want to come close.❞
I want to live alongside you.
But the distances keep growing, my friend —
I want to come close.❞
👁️43.5k
🔗❝Thousands of desires, such that each desire costs a breath
Many desires of mine were fulfilled, yet they still felt few❞
Many desires of mine were fulfilled, yet they still felt few❞
👁️45.0k
🔗❝Come, let us be strangers to each other once more,
Let me hold no hope of you in my heart,
And let you not look at me with that wrong intent.❞
Let me hold no hope of you in my heart,
And let you not look at me with that wrong intent.❞
👁️42.5k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝Staying awake all night isn't always about insomnia —
sometimes pain doesn't let you sleep.❞
sometimes pain doesn't let you sleep.❞
👁️43.0k
🔗❝Memories sting most —
When you realise they can't return.❞
When you realise they can't return.❞
👁️42.0k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝My name will fade, this face of mine will change someday,
My voice alone remains my identity, if you remember it I pray.
In life everyone loves, that is nothing new,
Even in death I shall love you, if you remember this too.❞
My voice alone remains my identity, if you remember it I pray.
In life everyone loves, that is nothing new,
Even in death I shall love you, if you remember this too.❞
👁️43.7k
🔗❝This stained and blotted light, this dawn bitten by night,
This is not the dawn for which we longed, not the dawn of light.❞
This is not the dawn for which we longed, not the dawn of light.❞
👁️30.7k
🔗❝That peace that was between us —
you may remember it or you may not.
That warmth you once had for me —
I remember it, I remember it.❞
you may remember it or you may not.
That warmth you once had for me —
I remember it, I remember it.❞
👁️41.0k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝Some people leave without a word,
and we spend a lifetime
waiting for them to return.❞
and we spend a lifetime
waiting for them to return.❞
👁️40.0k
🔗❝Those who are gone — won't return,
value those who are here.❞
value those who are here.❞
👁️41.0k
🔗❝I gather my shattered dreams each night,
sitting alone with no one in sight.
None asks me why I'm filled with gloom,
in those very memories I drown.❞
sitting alone with no one in sight.
None asks me why I'm filled with gloom,
in those very memories I drown.❞
👁️42.0k
🔗❝That city where you are, those paths where you walk —
would that I too were there, would that I too were there.
But now the distances between us are such —
that even while breathing I remember you.❞
would that I too were there, would that I too were there.
But now the distances between us are such —
that even while breathing I remember you.❞
👁️40.0k
🔗❝This is merely the beginning of love — why do you weep?
Wait and see what lies further ahead.❞
Wait and see what lies further ahead.❞
👁️39.0k
🔗❝I have wept and I have laughed in this life,
but there is a void that nothing can fill.
Since you left and went away from me,
no single moment feels complete or real.❞
but there is a void that nothing can fill.
Since you left and went away from me,
no single moment feels complete or real.❞
👁️40.0k
🔗❝The night was lost in sleeping, the day was lost in feed,
This priceless diamond of a life traded for a mere seed.❞
This priceless diamond of a life traded for a mere seed.❞
👁️29.7k
🔗❝Those I expected to speak stayed silent;
those I didn't expect also stayed silent —
I remained alone.❞
those I didn't expect also stayed silent —
I remained alone.❞
👁️38.5k
🔗❝Some bonds break and shatter away,
some memories are all that they leave behind.
Those who depart and abandon us,
fill us with a void of a different kind.❞
some memories are all that they leave behind.
Those who depart and abandon us,
fill us with a void of a different kind.❞
👁️38.5k
🔗❝This chain of sorrow, how long has it been,
no trace of happiness can be seen.
Searching and searching till exhausted,
no path to the destination gleaned.❞
no trace of happiness can be seen.
Searching and searching till exhausted,
no path to the destination gleaned.❞
👁️39.0k
🔗❝Even tears dry up —
When pain is very deep.❞
When pain is very deep.❞
👁️38.0k
🔗❝You come to me and ask why I am crying —
you are the reason, and you are the one far from me.❞
you are the reason, and you are the one far from me.❞
👁️37.0k
🔗❝Some pains —
are not shown to anyone.❞
are not shown to anyone.❞
👁️37.0k
🔗❝To whom shall I tell my pain,
there is no one in this world who cares.
Everyone is busy with their own,
who is there to understand my tears.❞
there is no one in this world who cares.
Everyone is busy with their own,
who is there to understand my tears.❞
👁️38.0k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝Everyone feels pain —
the only difference is
some speak of it, some simply endure.❞
the only difference is
some speak of it, some simply endure.❞
👁️36.0k
🔗❝People ask how I am,
I smile and say I'm fine,
No one understands how much pain
I hide behind this smile.❞
I smile and say I'm fine,
No one understands how much pain
I hide behind this smile.❞
👁️36.5k
🔗❝The one who was once by my side —
Today feels like a stranger.❞
Today feels like a stranger.❞
👁️36.0k
🔗❝The world was listening with great keenness and care,
I myself fell asleep while telling my tale there.❞
I myself fell asleep while telling my tale there.❞
👁️37.0k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝I had no idea I would be this lonely indeed,
A stranger among people, isolated in my need.
Everywhere around me smiling faces appear,
But inside every heart is a desert bare and drear.❞
A stranger among people, isolated in my need.
Everywhere around me smiling faces appear,
But inside every heart is a desert bare and drear.❞
👁️37.0k
🔗❝Look at this heart, rising from the very soul,
Where does this smoke come from, taking its toll?❞
Where does this smoke come from, taking its toll?❞
👁️25.9k
🔗❝I love you more than I love myself —
You may or may not know, but I do know.
Even your silence speaks something to me,
I recognise the heart's language with my heart.❞
You may or may not know, but I do know.
Even your silence speaks something to me,
I recognise the heart's language with my heart.❞
👁️34.0k
🔗❝Life's greatest pain — the people who think everything is fine,
when nothing is fine at all.❞
when nothing is fine at all.❞
👁️35.0k
🔗❝There must have been some compulsions —
No one becomes faithless without reason.
When pain crosses its limit,
Even tears do not fall silently.❞
No one becomes faithless without reason.
When pain crosses its limit,
Even tears do not fall silently.❞
👁️33.0k
🔗❝They left without saying what needed to be said,
the words that mattered were left unsaid.
A question stayed lodged inside this heart,
life remained unanswered, heavy and unread.❞
the words that mattered were left unsaid.
A question stayed lodged inside this heart,
life remained unanswered, heavy and unread.❞
👁️33.5k
🔗❝Sometimes sorrow —
doesn't come in words,
it just settles in the eyes.❞
doesn't come in words,
it just settles in the eyes.❞
👁️33.0k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝In some relations you don't even have the right to cry —
you just smile and hide the pain inside.❞
you just smile and hide the pain inside.❞
👁️32.0k
🔗❝Those who keep smiling all the time —
perhaps they are the ones
who carry the most pain.❞
perhaps they are the ones
who carry the most pain.❞
👁️32.5k
🔗❝Some bonds were like the sky —
When they left, no courage to look up.❞
When they left, no courage to look up.❞
👁️32.0k
🔗❝These days too shall come, when I'll ask for my own address,
Asking bits of straw to show me where my home used to rest.❞
Asking bits of straw to show me where my home used to rest.❞
👁️22.4k
🔗❝Sometimes the heart wants —
Someone to ask — how are you, really?❞
Someone to ask — how are you, really?❞
👁️31.0k
🔗❝Sometimes —
without talking to anyone —
just sitting together is enough.❞
without talking to anyone —
just sitting together is enough.❞
👁️31.0k
🔗❝When your memory comes, my eyes fill with tears,
But how do I call you — the words lose their courage.
The pain I hid in my heart for years —
One glimpse of you and it all surfaces again.❞
But how do I call you — the words lose their courage.
The pain I hid in my heart for years —
One glimpse of you and it all surfaces again.❞
👁️29.0k
🔗❝I've learned to hide pain,
I've learned to smile and share it,
What to say to those who don't understand —
I've learned to make my pain my own.❞
I've learned to smile and share it,
What to say to those who don't understand —
I've learned to make my pain my own.❞
👁️29.5k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝I loved, and so bore pain — yes, even that will be remembered,
The kohl of her eyes will leave a mark on my heart, forever tendered.❞
The kohl of her eyes will leave a mark on my heart, forever tendered.❞
👁️30.4k
🔗❝When the heart is heavy —
just stay quiet.
Words cannot understand this pain.❞
just stay quiet.
Words cannot understand this pain.❞
👁️29.0k
🔗❝I know the true nature of paradise, but then,
To keep the heart glad, O Ghalib, this fancy's good to pen.❞
To keep the heart glad, O Ghalib, this fancy's good to pen.❞
👁️29.6k
🔗❝The heartless finally understood what life really contains,
The heart never found the beloved it craved in its veins.
This life is a journey, O Faraz my friend,
Whoever we met on the road asked us to pause till the end.❞
The heart never found the beloved it craved in its veins.
This life is a journey, O Faraz my friend,
Whoever we met on the road asked us to pause till the end.❞
👁️29.6k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝What was in my heart remained unsaid,
what needed understanding remained unexplained.❞
what needed understanding remained unexplained.❞
👁️28.5k
🔗❝Relationships don't break in a day —
they break slowly:
first the heart, then the trust,
then the bond.❞
they break slowly:
first the heart, then the trust,
then the bond.❞
👁️28.0k
🔗❝How many tears hide behind a smile —
only one who has hidden them knows.❞
only one who has hidden them knows.❞
👁️27.0k
🔗❝When hope breaks —
Even words don't come.❞
Even words don't come.❞
👁️27.0k
🔗❝Even in solitude you are not here,
even in the crowd I am alone.
In this fair we call life,
I am just a nameless face, unknown.❞
even in the crowd I am alone.
In this fair we call life,
I am just a nameless face, unknown.❞
👁️27.0k
🔗❝Don't let sorrow make you sorrowful,
Otherwise you will have double grief.❞
Otherwise you will have double grief.❞
👁️27.0k
🔗❝You have come, and yet the night of waiting hasn't passed,
The dawn that searched for that spring has already gone fast.❞
The dawn that searched for that spring has already gone fast.❞
👁️27.4k
🔗❝Those who make others laugh most —
in their own life —
there is something —
that doesn't let them laugh.❞
in their own life —
there is something —
that doesn't let them laugh.❞
👁️26.0k
🔗❝I have learned to smile even in the midst of pain,
I have learned to hide my eyes full of rain.
The world says be strong throughout your days,
I have learned to recover while broken in so many ways.❞
I have learned to hide my eyes full of rain.
The world says be strong throughout your days,
I have learned to recover while broken in so many ways.❞
👁️27.0k
🔗❝When everyone sleeps at night,
my eyes stay awake,
Carrying those memories I must let go
but that never leave the heart.❞
my eyes stay awake,
Carrying those memories I must let go
but that never leave the heart.❞
👁️26.0k
🔗❝I loved him like a cherished wish I held inside,
He forgot me like a dream that faded with the tide.
What can I say about life's old tradition this way —
Who was meant for me had himself changed on the day.❞
He forgot me like a dream that faded with the tide.
What can I say about life's old tradition this way —
Who was meant for me had himself changed on the day.❞
👁️26.3k
🔗❝I didn't stop the one leaving,
because I knew — pleading doesn't stop them.❞
because I knew — pleading doesn't stop them.❞
👁️25.0k
🔗❝Death's lap is soft indeed, my friend, that much is true,
But life's outstretched embracing arms give comfort too.❞
But life's outstretched embracing arms give comfort too.❞
👁️28.7k
🔗❝Those who were close to my heart became strangers,
those who were strangers never came close —
this is life.❞
those who were strangers never came close —
this is life.❞
👁️24.8k
🔗❝Swallowing grief is also a skill —
not everyone
knows how.❞
not everyone
knows how.❞
👁️24.2k
🔗❝Crying at night —
being fine by morning,
that is the daily routine.❞
being fine by morning,
that is the daily routine.❞
👁️24.0k
🔗❝Why do you weep, O Mir, what will weeping achieve,
What has passed will not return, you must believe.
Wipe your tears and step forward brave and new,
Life will call you at every turn anew.❞
What has passed will not return, you must believe.
Wipe your tears and step forward brave and new,
Life will call you at every turn anew.❞
👁️24.7k
🔗❝One who breaks every day —
and mends every day,
that person — is a true human.❞
and mends every day,
that person — is a true human.❞
👁️24.0k
🔗❝When the heart breaks there is no sound,
just an emptiness that fills you
all the way through.❞
just an emptiness that fills you
all the way through.❞
👁️23.4k
🔗❝I am a poet of moments two or three,
But this pain belongs to years that have been.
On paper I will write out everything,
But whose wound is this that I am bearing.❞
But this pain belongs to years that have been.
On paper I will write out everything,
But whose wound is this that I am bearing.❞
👁️23.6k
🔗❝I want to cry but tears refuse to fall,
I want to laugh but laughter will not come.
I am living in a kind of hollow silence,
where even life itself has gone numb.❞
I want to laugh but laughter will not come.
I am living in a kind of hollow silence,
where even life itself has gone numb.❞
👁️23.0k
🔗❝What I could not say —
Became grief.❞
Became grief.❞
👁️23.0k
🔗❝Those who appear very strong —
are the most fragile inside.❞
are the most fragile inside.❞
👁️22.0k
🔗❝All remedies have gone wrong, no medicine worked in the end,
This sickness of the heart has finally come to its intended end.❞
This sickness of the heart has finally come to its intended end.❞
👁️22.9k
🔗❝Hiding sorrow is also an art —
I learned it from those
who smiled even as they wept.❞
I learned it from those
who smiled even as they wept.❞
👁️21.6k
🔗❝A broken heart still beats,
but now nobody listens to its sound.❞
but now nobody listens to its sound.❞
👁️19.4k
🔗❝Crying alone is also a kind of courage —
when you don't want the world to know
that you are broken.❞
when you don't want the world to know
that you are broken.❞
👁️18.7k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝The pain would not yield to the remedy's sway,
I neither got better, nor worse I'd say.❞
I neither got better, nor worse I'd say.❞
👁️18.0k
🔗❝The heart was broken, the eyes were wet with tears,
Yet we kept on smiling through the years.
Lest the world should come to know our pain and plight,
We kept acting happy in the fading light.❞
Yet we kept on smiling through the years.
Lest the world should come to know our pain and plight,
We kept acting happy in the fading light.❞
👁️18.7k
🔗❝It's hard to get through those nights
when you're grieving
and there's no hand on your shoulder.❞
when you're grieving
and there's no hand on your shoulder.❞
👁️16.8k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝Fill the blossoms with color, let the spring breeze blow,
Come to me now, let the garden of life glow.❞
Come to me now, let the garden of life glow.❞
👁️15.6k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝What cure is there for life's sorrow except death, O Asad?
The candle burns in every colour till the dawn arrives.❞
The candle burns in every colour till the dawn arrives.❞
👁️13.8k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝Thousands of desires, each worth dying for,
Many of them I have fulfilled, yet I yearn for more.❞
Many of them I have fulfilled, yet I yearn for more.❞
👁️13.2k
🔗❝Some pains are invisible to anyone's sight,
Some wounds refuse to heal with day or night.
Outwardly we smile but inside we are broken apart,
Who understands us when we don't even know our own heart?❞
Some wounds refuse to heal with day or night.
Outwardly we smile but inside we are broken apart,
Who understands us when we don't even know our own heart?❞
👁️12.9k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝They parted in such a way, whether anyone comes or not,
In everything I do, their memory cannot be forgot.❞
In everything I do, their memory cannot be forgot.❞
👁️12.8k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝Don't think my wandering is effortless,
This very pain has made my name.❞
This very pain has made my name.❞
👁️12.0k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝I belong to no one, no one belongs to me,
This world is not mine, I am not the world's.❞
This world is not mine, I am not the world's.❞
👁️11.8k
🔗❝Ask not how my heart fares — it's hard to say,
How far to speak, how much pain to convey.
Just know this much — we are deeply alone,
And each soul here needs another of its own.❞
How far to speak, how much pain to convey.
Just know this much — we are deeply alone,
And each soul here needs another of its own.❞
👁️11.9k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝A broken heart makes no sound at all,
It breaks in silence, and silently bears the fall,
No complaint, no question left to ask,
Just a quiet that stays through the years, a lifelong task.❞
It breaks in silence, and silently bears the fall,
No complaint, no question left to ask,
Just a quiet that stays through the years, a lifelong task.❞
👁️8.9k
🔗❝Every night I raised my hands in prayer,
but no answer ever came,
maybe my voice was too faint,
or maybe even God doesn't wish to listen.❞
but no answer ever came,
maybe my voice was too faint,
or maybe even God doesn't wish to listen.❞
👁️8.7k
🔗❝Silence speaks volumes that words cannot hold,
The pain in the eyes is the story untold.❞
The pain in the eyes is the story untold.❞
👁️9.6k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝Since you left, a silence lives in this house,
it never leaves, by day or by night,
every corner echoes your words,
but only stillness answers back.❞
it never leaves, by day or by night,
every corner echoes your words,
but only stillness answers back.❞
👁️8.5k
🔗❝How does one explain why they feel so alone,
The one who was theirs has now become unknown.❞
The one who was theirs has now become unknown.❞
👁️9.4k
🔗❝The pain of loneliness cuts deepest of all,
When even in a crowd no one answers your call.❞
When even in a crowd no one answers your call.❞
👁️8.8k
🔗❝When man grows used to sorrow, sorrow fades,
So many hardships fell on me that they became easy.❞
So many hardships fell on me that they became easy.❞
👁️8.7k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝After mother left, in this house,
every prayer became an orphan,
I kept asking, but no one was left to listen,
at every knock I looked at the door with hope,
but that voice never came again.❞
every prayer became an orphan,
I kept asking, but no one was left to listen,
at every knock I looked at the door with hope,
but that voice never came again.❞
👁️8.0k
🔗❝What has passed, let it be gone,
In life there was a star, so dear, now it has gone on.❞
In life there was a star, so dear, now it has gone on.❞
👁️8.7k
🔗❝I am the person who hides his sorrow behind a smile.
People think I'm happy, but my heart knows the truth.❞
People think I'm happy, but my heart knows the truth.❞
👁️7.7k
🔗❝Don't weep, don't weep — the age is watching; if your eyes moisten, the world laughs.
Keep the heart's pain in the heart — this is this era's custom.❞
Keep the heart's pain in the heart — this is this era's custom.❞
👁️7.7k
🔗❝How much pain hides behind this laughter,
only the mirror knows,
and even it says nothing.❞
only the mirror knows,
and even it says nothing.❞
👁️7.4k
🔗❝By weeping, we grew bolder in love's sway,
So thoroughly washed, we became pure that day.❞
So thoroughly washed, we became pure that day.❞
👁️7.4k
🔗❝Tears don't always signal one thing, sometimes joy brings them too.
But the pain hidden in the heart, tears wash even that away.❞
But the pain hidden in the heart, tears wash even that away.❞
👁️7.1k
🔗❝Weeping too is an art that not everyone knows.
Some cry with tears; some cry in the depths of the heart.❞
Some cry with tears; some cry in the depths of the heart.❞
👁️7.1k
🔗❝Some pains are such that they increase in the rain.
Watching drops fall from the roof, old memories return.❞
Watching drops fall from the roof, old memories return.❞
👁️7.1k
🔗❝It's been so long since I met myself,
while keeping everyone else happy,
I got left behind somewhere.❞
while keeping everyone else happy,
I got left behind somewhere.❞
👁️6.9k
🔗❝I am so very tired, O life,
You must be tired of me in this strife.❞
You must be tired of me in this strife.❞
👁️7.2k
🔗❝When the heart breaks, there is no sound,
Only a silence settles all around.❞
Only a silence settles all around.❞
👁️6.8k
🔗❝What life had given, it took back; what the heart desired, was not found.
Would that we could understand — no one has truly lived this game of life.❞
Would that we could understand — no one has truly lived this game of life.❞
👁️6.8k
🔗❝The night is deep, and so am I,
both silent, both sorrowful,
morning will come, but I'll remain the same.❞
both silent, both sorrowful,
morning will come, but I'll remain the same.❞
👁️6.6k
🔗❝Some wounds never heal, some things never pass,
Some people are never forgotten, some memories never fade.❞
Some people are never forgotten, some memories never fade.❞
👁️6.5k
🔗❝When sleep doesn't come at night, memories arrive.
Those words that remained unsaid, those moments that have passed.❞
Those words that remained unsaid, those moments that have passed.❞
👁️6.5k
🔗❝There was so much to say to you, so much to hear from you.
But life gave no time — and thus time kept passing by.❞
But life gave no time — and thus time kept passing by.❞
👁️6.5k
🔗❝No one is responsible for my ruin,
I myself set fire to my own home.❞
I myself set fire to my own home.❞
👁️6.2k
🔗❝Surely I must come to your memory sometimes, surely I must touch your heart.
But whether you remember me or not — I don't have the courage to find out.❞
But whether you remember me or not — I don't have the courage to find out.❞
👁️6.3k
🔗❝What was planned did not happen; what happened was not planned.
This is life's philosophy — what was gained was not what was wanted.❞
This is life's philosophy — what was gained was not what was wanted.❞
👁️6.3k
🔗❝Walking those old lanes no longer feels the same,
At every turn, your memories call out my name.❞
At every turn, your memories call out my name.❞
👁️6.1k
🔗❝In the dark of night, tears flow freely,
by day I must wear a smile,
only the night is my true confidant.❞
by day I must wear a smile,
only the night is my true confidant.❞
👁️6.1k
🔗❝When we express our pain, people don't understand.
When we hide it, they say you have no pain at all.❞
When we hide it, they say you have no pain at all.❞
👁️6.0k
🔗❝I am devoted to your streets, O homeland, where,
The custom has prevailed that none may walk with head held high.❞
The custom has prevailed that none may walk with head held high.❞
👁️6.0k
🔗❝Those moments that have passed will not return.
What was left behind on the path will not be found again.❞
What was left behind on the path will not be found again.❞
👁️6.0k
🔗❝We forgot how to be happy, living so long in pain.
We forgot ourselves, in the act of loving others.❞
We forgot ourselves, in the act of loving others.❞
👁️5.7k
🔗❝Joy lasts but a moment; pain is a lifelong companion.
That is why people keep searching for joy — pain finds you on its own.❞
That is why people keep searching for joy — pain finds you on its own.❞
👁️5.7k
🔗❝The heart's words remain in the heart, never reaching the lips.
This is life's trouble — what needed to be said remains unsaid.❞
This is life's trouble — what needed to be said remains unsaid.❞
👁️5.7k
🔗❝The dreams I wove through the night,
Scattered at the break of light,
A lamp of hope I lit with care,
One gust of wind put out the flare.❞
Scattered at the break of light,
A lamp of hope I lit with care,
One gust of wind put out the flare.❞
👁️5.6k
🔗❝I am tired of smiling all the time,
broken deep inside,
but I have no courage to tell anyone.❞
broken deep inside,
but I have no courage to tell anyone.❞
👁️5.6k
🔗❝I've stopped trying to explain myself,
because no one wants to understand anymore,
silence feels like the easiest language now.❞
because no one wants to understand anymore,
silence feels like the easiest language now.❞
👁️5.4k
🔗❝Where does this smoke arise from below?
Perhaps someone's home burns in its glow.
Fire within the heart has long been set,
The eyes have long been tearfully wet.❞
Perhaps someone's home burns in its glow.
Fire within the heart has long been set,
The eyes have long been tearfully wet.❞
👁️5.5k
🔗❝This loneliness that is mine, don't fill it with noise.
I am empty, let me stay empty for a while.❞
I am empty, let me stay empty for a while.❞
👁️5.5k
🔗❝I remember the days when we laughed, I remember the days when we wept.
But now there is neither laughter nor tears — just an emptiness.❞
But now there is neither laughter nor tears — just an emptiness.❞
👁️5.4k
🔗❝Every person is the master of their own pain; no one can truly know it.
Wearing the mask of happiness on their face, everyone lives life.❞
Wearing the mask of happiness on their face, everyone lives life.❞
👁️5.4k
🔗❝My eyes are still fixed on the door,
even knowing he will never come,
it's a habit that won't let go.❞
even knowing he will never come,
it's a habit that won't let go.❞
👁️5.3k
🔗❝We want to weep, but tears refuse to fall,
We want to express pain, but words fail us all.❞
We want to express pain, but words fail us all.❞
👁️5.9k
🔗❝The joys that are lost become memories dear,
This is life's rule — what comes, disappears.❞
This is life's rule — what comes, disappears.❞
👁️5.2k
🔗❝Some questions have no answer, some pains have no expression.
Life just kept smiling and said nothing.❞
Life just kept smiling and said nothing.❞
👁️5.2k
🔗❝Some pains are so deep they never reach the tongue.
Only the eyes grow moist — and people still don't understand.❞
Only the eyes grow moist — and people still don't understand.❞
👁️5.2k
🔗❝The age is heartless; here no one belongs to another.
All are engrossed in themselves — no one cares for anyone.❞
All are engrossed in themselves — no one cares for anyone.❞
👁️5.2k
🔗❝Those for whom I could have left the world,
don't even remember me anymore.❞
don't even remember me anymore.❞
👁️5.0k
🔗❝In the silence of night, my heart weeps alone,
In daylight, all seems fine, my pain unknown.❞
In daylight, all seems fine, my pain unknown.❞
👁️4.9k
🔗❝The dreams I once dressed in my eyes,
have faded under time's dust,
even memories can no longer clear them.❞
have faded under time's dust,
even memories can no longer clear them.❞
👁️4.9k
🔗❝We fight only with ourselves and lose only to ourselves.
We have no enemy outside — we ourselves keep hurting ourselves.❞
We have no enemy outside — we ourselves keep hurting ourselves.❞
👁️4.9k
🔗❝Some wounds are such that they can neither be shown nor hidden.
You just have to live with them — that is what life has taught.❞
You just have to live with them — that is what life has taught.❞
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🔗❝When one sits in solitude, the pain grows deeper.
Things never told to anyone — they eat away at the heart within.❞
Things never told to anyone — they eat away at the heart within.❞
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🔗❝Even hope's lamp no longer burns,
someone kept extinguishing it, excuse after excuse,
now I don't even try to light it again.❞
someone kept extinguishing it, excuse after excuse,
now I don't even try to light it again.❞
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🔗❝Sometimes you have to talk to yourself,
When no one in the world is listening.❞
When no one in the world is listening.❞
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🔗❝Some people pass through life but leave an emptiness in the heart.
Neither does their memory fade, nor does that emptiness fill.❞
Neither does their memory fade, nor does that emptiness fill.❞
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🔗❝Separation was inevitable, but not this soon — some things still remained unsaid.
Some moments were left to live together, but fate would not allow it.❞
Some moments were left to live together, but fate would not allow it.❞
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🔗❝As a child I thought growing up would fix it all,
Now grown, I've learned each sorrow has its own season to fall.❞
Now grown, I've learned each sorrow has its own season to fall.❞
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🔗❝You said you'd come back,
I believed you, spent a lifetime waiting,
you never came, and the promises were lies.❞
I believed you, spent a lifetime waiting,
you never came, and the promises were lies.❞
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🔗❝Behind my laughter, I hide my tears,
Even pain, I carry with a smile through the years.❞
Even pain, I carry with a smile through the years.❞
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🔗❝This house is full of people,
but only silence lives in my room.❞
but only silence lives in my room.❞
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🔗❝What I said, no one understood,
What they understood, I never said, I never could.❞
What they understood, I never said, I never could.❞
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🔗❝Even in a crowded room I am alone,
because no one here truly sees me.❞
because no one here truly sees me.❞
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🔗❝I speak, but no one listens,
my words just float away in the air,
yet I keep speaking every single time,
as if hope is still alive somewhere.❞
my words just float away in the air,
yet I keep speaking every single time,
as if hope is still alive somewhere.❞
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🔗❝Even now my eyes stay fixed upon the door,
Though I know you're not coming back anymore.❞
Though I know you're not coming back anymore.❞
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🔗❝Even in this crowd, I stand alone,
Everyone's near, yet I'm on my own.❞
Everyone's near, yet I'm on my own.❞
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🔗❝Everyone found a place in the picture,
I was simply left standing outside the frame.❞
I was simply left standing outside the frame.❞
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🔗❝The house is full of people, yet it feels so bare,
No one's here who understands the heart's despair.❞
No one's here who understands the heart's despair.❞
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🔗❝So many promises were made to stay through it all,
The season changed, and everyone walked their own way.❞
The season changed, and everyone walked their own way.❞
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🔗❝I no longer meet myself these days,
Lost so much in sorrow's endless maze.❞
Lost so much in sorrow's endless maze.❞
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