💕Romantic⭐ Featured
❝Don't ask me, my love, for that old love again
I had thought that with you, life itself would shine❞
I had thought that with you, life itself would shine❞
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1911–1984📍 Sialkot, Punjab
Faiz Ahmed Faiz
فیض احمد فیض
Progressive PoetryGhazal
159Shayaris
15Categories
3907.5kTotal Likes
11258kTotal Views
📖 About the Poet
Faiz Ahmed Faiz was a Pakistani poet and one of the most celebrated poets of the Urdu language. A leading member of the Progressive Writers' Movement, he blended romantic poetry with political activism. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature and received the Lenin Peace Prize.
📚 Famous Works
Naqsh-e-FaryadiDast-e-SabaZindan-NamaSar-e-Wadi-e-Sina
✨ Famous Couplet
"मुझसे पहली सी मोहब्बत मेरे महबूब न माँग"— Faiz Ahmed Faiz
✍️ Shayaris by Faiz Ahmed Faiz(159)
💝Heart Touch⭐ Featured
❝Speak, this little time is enough, before the death of body and tongue,
speak, for truth still lives — speak, say whatever you must say.❞
speak, for truth still lives — speak, say whatever you must say.❞
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🔗📝Nazm⭐ Featured
❝We shall see,
certainly we too shall see,
that promised day,
which is written on eternity's tablet,
when these towering mountains of tyranny and cruelty
will blow away like tufts of cotton.❞
certainly we too shall see,
that promised day,
which is written on eternity's tablet,
when these towering mountains of tyranny and cruelty
will blow away like tufts of cotton.❞
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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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🔗💕Romantic⭐ Featured
❝There are other sorrows in this world besides love,
there are other comforts besides the joy of union.❞
there are other comforts besides the joy of union.❞
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🔗😎Attitude⭐ Featured
❝We shall see, it is certain that we too shall see,
that promised day which is written on the eternal tablet.❞
that promised day which is written on the eternal tablet.❞
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🔗🌟Zindagi⭐ Featured
❝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.❞
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🔗😞Judai⭐ Featured
❝Do not ask of me, my love, that same love as before,
I had thought that with you, life would forever shine.❞
I had thought that with you, life would forever shine.❞
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🔗❝Again the night speaks of flowers
Is it night or a procession of flowers❞
Is it night or a procession of flowers❞
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🔗❝Love is that thing which cannot be said in words
Yet it is felt with every breath❞
Yet it is felt with every breath❞
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🔗🥺Yaad⭐ Featured
❝Tonight your lost memory came back into my heart,
as if spring quietly arrived in a desolate wilderness.❞
as if spring quietly arrived in a desolate wilderness.❞
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🔗📝Nazm⭐ Featured
❝This leprous daybreak, this dawn mauled by night,
this is not that dawn for which we had waited,
this is not that dawn with the longing for which,
friends had set out, believing we'd find it somewhere.❞
this is not that dawn for which we had waited,
this is not that dawn with the longing for which,
friends had set out, believing we'd find it somewhere.❞
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🔗😞Judai⭐ Featured
❝Tonight your lost memory came back into my heart
as if spring quietly arrived in a desolate wilderness❞
as if spring quietly arrived in a desolate wilderness❞
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🔗❝In Faiz's life,
A friend's role was significant.❞
A friend's role was significant.❞
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🔗❝Faiz felt,
A friend is life's greatest strength.❞
A friend is life's greatest strength.❞
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🔗❝A friend who stands with you in difficulty,
Is a friend never to be forgotten.❞
Is a friend never to be forgotten.❞
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🔗❝The friendship that Faiz upheld,
Became an example.❞
Became an example.❞
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🔗🌿Qudrat⭐ Featured
❝Colors have filled the blooms, the fresh spring breeze does blow,
come now, my love, that the garden's business may flow.❞
come now, my love, that the garden's business may flow.❞
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🔗❝Speak, for your lips are still free,
speak, your tongue is still your own.❞
speak, your tongue is still your own.❞
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🔗❝Faiz's pen wrote,
A friend is my identity.❞
A friend is my identity.❞
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🔗❝Faiz's friendship,
Has been written into history.❞
Has been written into history.❞
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🔗❝When love is true
Even distances bring you closer❞
Even distances bring you closer❞
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🔗❝Faiz's friends separated,
But stayed together in poetry.❞
But stayed together in poetry.❞
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🔗❝Faiz had few friends,
But those he had were close to his heart.❞
But those he had were close to his heart.❞
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🔗❝Faiz has written,
A friend is the true fellow traveler.❞
A friend is the true fellow traveler.❞
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🔗❤️Mohabbat⭐ Featured
❝Your memory kept returning all night long,
the moonlight kept aching my heart all night long.❞
the moonlight kept aching my heart all night long.❞
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🔗❝Faiz says,
Friendship is the real wealth.❞
Friendship is the real wealth.❞
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🔗❝Laughing at a friend's words,
This too is a kind of worship.❞
This too is a kind of worship.❞
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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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🔗❝I offer myself for your streets, O homeland, where
the custom now is that none may walk with head held high,
and any lover who steps out to circle you
must walk with eyes averted, guarding body and soul.❞
the custom now is that none may walk with head held high,
and any lover who steps out to circle you
must walk with eyes averted, guarding body and soul.❞
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🔗❝We remained strangers after so many meetings
after how many more shall we become familiar again❞
after how many more shall we become familiar again❞
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🔗❝We who remain strangers after so many meetings,
after how many more meetings will we become friends again?❞
after how many more meetings will we become friends again?❞
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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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🔗❝Speak, for your lips are still free
Speak, for your tongue is still your own❞
Speak, for your tongue is still your own❞
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🔗❝Speak, for your lips are still free,
speak, your tongue is still your own,
this lithe body is yours alone,
speak, your life is still your own.❞
speak, your tongue is still your own,
this lithe body is yours alone,
speak, your life is still your own.❞
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🔗❝To go mad in someone's love
This is what it truly means to live❞
This is what it truly means to live❞
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🔗❝Having lost both worlds in your love,
someone departs, having passed a night of sorrow.❞
someone departs, having passed a night of sorrow.❞
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🔗❝Do not ask of me, my love, that same love as before,
I had thought that with you, life itself would shine forever.❞
I had thought that with you, life itself would shine forever.❞
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🔗❝A moist eye, a restless soul are not enough—
nor the veiled accusation of love.❞
nor the veiled accusation of love.❞
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🔗❝My heart, my traveler,
the order has been issued once again,
that you and I be exiled from our homeland,
calling out in every lane, turning our path toward every town.❞
the order has been issued once again,
that you and I be exiled from our homeland,
calling out in every lane, turning our path toward every town.❞
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🔗❝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❞
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🔗❝One who got lost in love
Found their own true self❞
Found their own true self❞
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🔗❝Someone has come again, grieving heart? No, no one,
it must be a passer-by, who will move on elsewhere,
the night has waned, the dust of stars begins to scatter,
the drowsy lamps begin to flicker in the halls.❞
it must be a passer-by, who will move on elsewhere,
the night has waned, the dust of stars begins to scatter,
the drowsy lamps begin to flicker in the halls.❞
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🔗❝In Faiz's ghazal,
A friend's name is written in golden letters.❞
A friend's name is written in golden letters.❞
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🔗❝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.❞
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🔗❝The heart isn't hopeless, only unfulfilled,
long is the evening of grief, but it is only an evening.❞
long is the evening of grief, but it is only an evening.❞
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🔗❝The first lesson of your love is this
Lose yourself and then you will find them❞
Lose yourself and then you will find them❞
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🔗❝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❞
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🔗❝In Faiz's eyes,
A friend was everything.❞
A friend was everything.❞
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🔗❝In the name of today,
and in the name of today's grief,
today's grief that is displeased with life's blooming garden,
the forest of yellowed leaves that is my homeland.❞
and in the name of today's grief,
today's grief that is displeased with life's blooming garden,
the forest of yellowed leaves that is my homeland.❞
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🔗❝Faiz realized that,
Without a friend the world is empty.❞
Without a friend the world is empty.❞
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🔗❝Come, let us too raise our hands in prayer,
We who never learned the ritual to bear.❞
We who never learned the ritual to bear.❞
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🔗❝Say it like Faiz,
Without you, my friend, I am incomplete.❞
Without you, my friend, I am incomplete.❞
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🔗❝You are the light of my life
Without you everything is darkness❞
Without you everything is darkness❞
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🔗❝I was counting the sorrows of the world
Today memories of you came, beyond all count❞
Today memories of you came, beyond all count❞
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🔗❝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❞
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🔗❝Faiz had said,
On the path of friendship there are no turns.❞
On the path of friendship there are no turns.❞
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🔗❝Speak, for your lips are still free,
Speak, your tongue is still your own.❞
Speak, your tongue is still your own.❞
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🔗❝Let some clouds come, let some wine come,
after that, let come whatever torment may come.❞
after that, let come whatever torment may come.❞
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🔗❝What grief is it if my slate and pen are taken away,
for I have dipped my fingers in the blood of my heart,
what if a seal is set upon my tongue,
I have placed my tongue in every link of the chain.❞
for I have dipped my fingers in the blood of my heart,
what if a seal is set upon my tongue,
I have placed my tongue in every link of the chain.❞
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🔗❝In Faiz's heart,
A friend's place was at the very top.❞
A friend's place was at the very top.❞
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🔗❝We shall keep nurturing the pen and the tablet,
we shall keep recording all that the heart endures.❞
we shall keep recording all that the heart endures.❞
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🔗❝Those nights are gone in friendship,
When we would sit and talk.❞
When we would sit and talk.❞
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🔗❝In Faiz's poetry,
A friend's pain is also evident.❞
A friend's pain is also evident.❞
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🔗❝Being with a friend,
Is a way to fight loneliness.❞
Is a way to fight loneliness.❞
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🔗❝Let colors fill the blossoms, let the spring breeze blow,
come now, my love, so the garden's business may flow.❞
come now, my love, so the garden's business may flow.❞
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🔗❝In the wilderness of solitude, O beloved of the world, they tremble —
the shadows of your voice, the mirage of your lips.❞
the shadows of your voice, the mirage of your lips.❞
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🔗❝We who were lost on dark roads
Lamps still burn today in their memory❞
Lamps still burn today in their memory❞
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🔗❝Let colour fill the blossoms, let the spring breeze move,
come now, so the garden's business may resume,
the cage is sorrowful friends, speak to the morning wind,
let, for God's sake, today the beloved's mention move❞
come now, so the garden's business may resume,
the cage is sorrowful friends, speak to the morning wind,
let, for God's sake, today the beloved's mention move❞
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🔗❝The heart is not without hope, though it has failed,
long is the evening of sorrow, but it is only an evening.❞
long is the evening of sorrow, but it is only an evening.❞
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🔗❝Walk today in the market place in chains
Show the heart the direction of the river❞
Show the heart the direction of the river❞
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🔗❝Come, walk in the market today with shackled feet,
Teary eyes and a frenzied heart are not enough.❞
Teary eyes and a frenzied heart are not enough.❞
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🔗❝Do not ask me for that love of old, my beloved
I had thought that if you were there, life would shine❞
I had thought that if you were there, life would shine❞
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🔗❝Having lost both worlds in your love
someone departs after spending a night of grief❞
someone departs after spending a night of grief❞
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🔗❝Walk today in the marketplace with chains on your feet,
Waving hands, walk intoxicated and dancing.❞
Waving hands, walk intoxicated and dancing.❞
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🔗❝Do not ask of me, my beloved, that love of earlier days,
I had thought that if you are there life would be aglow.❞
I had thought that if you are there life would be aglow.❞
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🔗❤️Mohabbat⭐ Featured
❝Ask not of me, my love, that first love's fervour again.
I had thought that if you were there, life would glow.
With your grief, all worldly sorrow was nothing —
From your face, spring itself draws its constancy.❞
I had thought that if you were there, life would glow.
With your grief, all worldly sorrow was nothing —
From your face, spring itself draws its constancy.❞
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🔗❝Do not ask of me, my love, that love I once had,
I thought life glowed bright as long as you were near.
With your grief, why does the world's sorrow matter,
Your face is what keeps the spring of this world here.❞
I thought life glowed bright as long as you were near.
With your grief, why does the world's sorrow matter,
Your face is what keeps the spring of this world here.❞
👁️66.0k
🔗❝The heart isn't hopeless, only unsuccessful for now,
Long is the evening of sorrow, but it's only an evening.❞
Long is the evening of sorrow, but it's only an evening.❞
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🔗📝Nazm⭐ Featured
❝Today walk in the bazaar with fettered feet —
walk scattering your hands, walk drunk and dancing.
Walk with dust on your head, with blood on your hem —
the path is again looking for that heart of hearts — walk.❞
walk scattering your hands, walk drunk and dancing.
Walk with dust on your head, with blood on your hem —
the path is again looking for that heart of hearts — walk.❞
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🔗❝Do not ask of me, my love, that love I once had
I had thought if you were mine, life would be radiant❞
I had thought if you were mine, life would be radiant❞
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🔗❝Do not ask of me, my love, that love I had of old,
I had thought that if you were there, life would be radiant.❞
I had thought that if you were there, life would be radiant.❞
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🔗❝In Faiz's poem, the mention of a friend,
Touches the heart deeply.❞
Touches the heart deeply.❞
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🔗❝That contentment that lived between you and me
Whether you remember it or not❞
Whether you remember it or not❞
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🔗❝To be immersed in love itself
Is the greatest strength❞
Is the greatest strength❞
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🔗❝We shall witness it —
it is certain that we too shall witness it.
When the mountains of oppression and cruelty
shall fly away like cotton in the breeze.❞
it is certain that we too shall witness it.
When the mountains of oppression and cruelty
shall fly away like cotton in the breeze.❞
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🔗❝When you remember me you will weep —
now that I am gone you will find nothing.
What there was has gone with me —
you will keep searching and not find it.❞
now that I am gone you will find nothing.
What there was has gone with me —
you will keep searching and not find it.❞
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🔗❝When spring came, it was as if at once,
they had returned again from the void,
all those dreams, all that youth.❞
they had returned again from the void,
all those dreams, all that youth.❞
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🔗❝What grief if they have taken my tablet and my pen
I have dipped my fingers in my own heart's blood again❞
I have dipped my fingers in my own heart's blood again❞
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🔗❝That we remain strangers after so much closeness
After how many more meetings shall we be close again❞
After how many more meetings shall we be close again❞
👁️54.5k
🔗📝Nazm⭐ Featured
❝Walk in the marketplace today, fettered and in chains,
Tear-filled eyes and a troubled soul are not enough.
Hiding love's blame is not enough —
Walk in the marketplace today, fettered and in chains.❞
Tear-filled eyes and a troubled soul are not enough.
Hiding love's blame is not enough —
Walk in the marketplace today, fettered and in chains.❞
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🔗❝Come, let us too raise our hands in prayer,
we who do not remember the ritual of prayer,
we who, except for the burning ache of love,
remember no idol, no god at all.❞
we who do not remember the ritual of prayer,
we who, except for the burning ache of love,
remember no idol, no god at all.❞
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🔗❝Do not ask me for that first love again, my beloved,
I had thought that if you were there, life would be radiant.❞
I had thought that if you were there, life would be radiant.❞
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🔗❝This spot-stained light, this dawn bitten by night —
this is not the dawn we had waited for.❞
this is not the dawn we had waited for.❞
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🔗❝I offer myself to your streets, O my homeland, where
A custom now prevails that none may walk with head held high❞
A custom now prevails that none may walk with head held high❞
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🔗🇮🇳Deshbhakti⭐ Featured
❝We have offered our lives and bodies, comrades all,
Now we entrust the homeland to you standing tall.
Our breath grew faint, our pulse began to still,
Yet we never let our marching feet stand still.❞
Now we entrust the homeland to you standing tall.
Our breath grew faint, our pulse began to still,
Yet we never let our marching feet stand still.❞
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🔗❝Whenever your memory comes,
the night grows deeper still.
Your memory, your fragrance —
seems scattered everywhere.❞
the night grows deeper still.
Your memory, your fragrance —
seems scattered everywhere.❞
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🔗❝Ask not of me that first love's fervour, my beloved,
I had thought that with you, life would glow bright.❞
I had thought that with you, life would glow bright.❞
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🔗❝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.❞
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🔗❝Speak — your lips are still free —
speak, your tongue is still your own.
Your upright body is yours —
speak — your soul is still your own.❞
speak, your tongue is still your own.
Your upright body is yours —
speak — your soul is still your own.❞
👁️45.5k
🔗❝The spring breeze fills the flowers with colour —
do come now so that the garden's business may begin.❞
do come now so that the garden's business may begin.❞
👁️45.0k
🔗❝Having lost both worlds in love for you —
someone goes, having passed through the night of sorrow.❞
someone goes, having passed through the night of sorrow.❞
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🔗❝In this desert of solitude, my love, trembling still
Are the shadows of your voice, the mirage of your lips❞
Are the shadows of your voice, the mirage of your lips❞
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🔗❝When we, the labourers, demand our share from the world —
Not one field, not one country — we will demand the whole world.❞
Not one field, not one country — we will demand the whole world.❞
👁️44.0k
🔗❝The spring breeze fills the flowers with color,
do come now so the garden's work may begin.❞
do come now so the garden's work may begin.❞
👁️44.5k
🔗❝Speak — your lips are still free —
speak, your tongue is still your own.
Your upright body is yours —
speak, your soul is still your own.❞
speak, your tongue is still your own.
Your upright body is yours —
speak, your soul is still your own.❞
👁️44.0k
🔗❝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
🔗❝Losing both worlds in your love,
someone is leaving after passing the night of grief.❞
someone is leaving after passing the night of grief.❞
👁️44.0k
🔗❝This stained, blemished light, this dawn bitten by night —
The dawn we had been waiting for — this is not that dawn.❞
The dawn we had been waiting for — this is not that dawn.❞
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🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝We shall witness — it is certain that we too shall witness,
That day which has been promised, written on the tablet of eternity.❞
That day which has been promised, written on the tablet of eternity.❞
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🔗❝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.❞
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🔗❝The spring breeze fills the flowers with colour,
Come now, so the garden may bloom and flourish.❞
Come now, so the garden may bloom and flourish.❞
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🔗❝Some bonds are not made of words,
some conversations happen through eyes.
Some people understand without being told,
that is what true love really signifies.❞
some conversations happen through eyes.
Some people understand without being told,
that is what true love really signifies.❞
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🔗❝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.❞
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🔗❝Ask not of me, my love, that same first love again —
I had thought that with you, life was radiant.
With your grief alone there was no quarrel with the world's grief —
it is your face that gives the springs of the world their permanence.❞
I had thought that with you, life was radiant.
With your grief alone there was no quarrel with the world's grief —
it is your face that gives the springs of the world their permanence.❞
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🔗❝Speak — for your lips are free,
Speak — your tongue is still your own.
Your body is still upright and yours —
Speak — your life is still your own.❞
Speak — your tongue is still your own.
Your body is still upright and yours —
Speak — your life is still your own.❞
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🔗❝When we the labourers demand our share from the world —
not one field, not one country — we will demand the whole world.❞
not one field, not one country — we will demand the whole world.❞
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🔗❝We will witness — it is certain that we will witness —
those days hidden in the promise will come.
When the mountains of oppression and tyranny —
will fly away like cotton.❞
those days hidden in the promise will come.
When the mountains of oppression and tyranny —
will fly away like cotton.❞
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🔗❝We shall witness — it is certain we too shall witness —
That day which is promised, which is written in the eternal tablet.
When the mountains of oppression and tyranny
will fly away like cotton in the wind.❞
That day which is promised, which is written in the eternal tablet.
When the mountains of oppression and tyranny
will fly away like cotton in the wind.❞
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🔗❝Come, let us weave a dream for tomorrow's sake,
Or else this night belongs to today's confluence.
Come, let us pause as we walk and watch the moon —
Come, this moment is ours — let us speak.❞
Or else this night belongs to today's confluence.
Come, let us pause as we walk and watch the moon —
Come, this moment is ours — let us speak.❞
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🔗❝When the moon fades in the morning light,
a new hope awakens.
Dew drops glimmer on the leaves —
as if nature has written anew.❞
a new hope awakens.
Dew drops glimmer on the leaves —
as if nature has written anew.❞
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🔗❝Through the evening's winding paths of stars,
night descends step by step,
as if at dusk, into the garden,
the thought of the beloved has come.❞
night descends step by step,
as if at dusk, into the garden,
the thought of the beloved has come.❞
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🔗❝When those times come back in memory,
the eyes fill up with tears.
How beautiful was that life we lived,
that passed away and never reappears.❞
the eyes fill up with tears.
How beautiful was that life we lived,
that passed away and never reappears.❞
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🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝Sometimes it happens just this way,
The heart finds peace amid the fray.
We know not why this feeling comes to stay,
But when it does, it does — what more to say?❞
The heart finds peace amid the fray.
We know not why this feeling comes to stay,
But when it does, it does — what more to say?❞
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🔗❝Do not ask of me, my love, that love I once had for you,
I had believed that you were all there was to make life shine through.
From your radiance I had also imagined this dream,
That all the sorrows of ages would be buried in your scheme.❞
I had believed that you were all there was to make life shine through.
From your radiance I had also imagined this dream,
That all the sorrows of ages would be buried in your scheme.❞
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🔗❝Before me there was that darkness in this land,
before me there was this oppression in this land.
I came, and a hope was kindled —
come, let us together light this lamp here.❞
before me there was this oppression in this land.
I came, and a hope was kindled —
come, let us together light this lamp here.❞
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🔗❝This blotched daybreak, this night-bitten dawn—
this is not the dawn for which we waited.❞
this is not the dawn for which we waited.❞
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🔗❝Having lost both worlds for love of you,
Something departs after a night of sorrow through.
Deserted is the tavern, the jars and cups all sad,
Since you left, even the days of spring have been made mad.❞
Something departs after a night of sorrow through.
Deserted is the tavern, the jars and cups all sad,
Since you left, even the days of spring have been made mad.❞
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🔗💝Heart Touch⭐ Featured
❝If a mother's prayer walks by your side,
No destination remains too hard to stride.
If the shade of her love is there to hold,
No storm is too fierce and no winter too cold.❞
No destination remains too hard to stride.
If the shade of her love is there to hold,
No storm is too fierce and no winter too cold.❞
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🔗❝We shall witness, we shall witness,
It is certain that we too shall witness.
That day whose promise has been made,
That has been written in the eternal scroll's shade.❞
It is certain that we too shall witness.
That day whose promise has been made,
That has been written in the eternal scroll's shade.❞
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🔗❝Consider it neither fortune nor foe,
Only a heart knows what hearts undergo.
Whether anyone understands this tale or not,
My burning itself is the destination I sought.❞
Only a heart knows what hearts undergo.
Whether anyone understands this tale or not,
My burning itself is the destination I sought.❞
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🔗❝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.❞
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🔗📝Nazm⭐ Featured
❝Speak, for your lips are still free,
Speak, your tongue is still your own,
Your upright body is yours,
Speak, for your life is still your own.
Look at the blacksmith's forge aflame,
Sharp are the flames, red glows the iron,
The mouths of locks begin to open,
Every chain spreads wide its skirt.❞
Speak, your tongue is still your own,
Your upright body is yours,
Speak, for your life is still your own.
Look at the blacksmith's forge aflame,
Sharp are the flames, red glows the iron,
The mouths of locks begin to open,
Every chain spreads wide its skirt.❞
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🔗❝Memories of you kept coming all night long
the moonlight kept aching my heart all night long❞
the moonlight kept aching my heart all night long❞
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🔗❝Let some clouds come, let some wine appear,
Let whatever torments come after, have no fear.
Though there was no prior acquaintance made,
Someday let us address her, unafraid.❞
Let whatever torments come after, have no fear.
Though there was no prior acquaintance made,
Someday let us address her, unafraid.❞
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🔗💔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.❞
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🔗📝Nazm⭐ Featured
❝Don't weep, mother! I must go to the border now,
Your prayers are my shield, every moment, I vow.❞
Your prayers are my shield, every moment, I vow.❞
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🔗❝Bonds break but memories do not fade,
People drift away but love is never unmade.
The heart endures the grief of parting's toll,
But the strength to forget your name escapes the soul.❞
People drift away but love is never unmade.
The heart endures the grief of parting's toll,
But the strength to forget your name escapes the soul.❞
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🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝Don't ask of me, my love, that first love I once had.
I had thought that you alone made life shine.❞
I had thought that you alone made life shine.❞
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🔗📝Nazm⭐ Featured
❝Even in this moment's silence a nazm is hidden.
What the heart hears, what the eye sees — that nazm is reality.❞
What the heart hears, what the eye sees — that nazm is reality.❞
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🔗❝I sacrifice myself for your lanes, O homeland where,
It has become the norm that no one walks with head held there.❞
It has become the norm that no one walks with head held there.❞
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🔗❝Today walk through the market in chains all the way,
Walk with hands raised in dance, swaying free all day.❞
Walk with hands raised in dance, swaying free all day.❞
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🔗❤️Mohabbat⭐ Featured
❝Do not ask of me, my love, that love I once had for you,
I had believed that you were all there was to make life shine through.❞
I had believed that you were all there was to make life shine through.❞
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🔗❤️Mohabbat⭐ Featured
❝What else is left to see in this world,
After my eyes have met with yours?❞
After my eyes have met with yours?❞
👁️9.4k
🔗❝Your lost memory came to the heart at night,
Like spring arriving quietly in a desolate place.❞
Like spring arriving quietly in a desolate place.❞
👁️9.5k
🔗❝Speak, for your lips are still free;
Speak, for your tongue is still yours.❞
Speak, for your tongue is still yours.❞
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🔗❝When is your company not in my memory, when is your hand not in mine?
I am thankful — in the world of my heart I need nothing more.❞
I am thankful — in the world of my heart I need nothing more.❞
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🔗❝Some clouds came, some wine came,
And after that came whatever punishment came.❞
And after that came whatever punishment came.❞
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🔗❝That morning will surely come — the morning we wait for.
After every darkness there is light — this is the hope we live by.❞
After every darkness there is light — this is the hope we live by.❞
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🔗❝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.❞
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🔗❝Still there is a heart, still there are feelings, still the pen has power.
Turning the world's grief into verse is our habit.❞
Turning the world's grief into verse is our habit.❞
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🔗❝I am drowned in the depth of your eyes, dissolved in the sweetness of your words.
How can I live apart from you — I am absorbed in you, I bloom in you.❞
How can I live apart from you — I am absorbed in you, I bloom in you.❞
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🔗❝We shall nurture the tablet and pen forever more,
What passes through the heart, the pen shall explore.
Against every injustice rises our voice clear,
This pen is our power — our struggle is here.❞
What passes through the heart, the pen shall explore.
Against every injustice rises our voice clear,
This pen is our power — our struggle is here.❞
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🔗❝Whenever you come in memories, a lamp lights within the heart.
Your light in life's night chases all the darkness away.❞
Your light in life's night chases all the darkness away.❞
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🔗❝We shall nurture the tablet and pen forever more,
What passes through the heart, the pen shall always explore.❞
What passes through the heart, the pen shall always explore.❞
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🔗❝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.❞
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🔗❝Rise my love, walk with me — the sky is open for us both.
In this night are our shared dreams; in this world is our shared story.❞
In this night are our shared dreams; in this world is our shared story.❞
👁️5.7k
🔗❝If you meet me, my heart finds that peace,
Which has been lost for centuries.❞
Which has been lost for centuries.❞
👁️5.4k
🔗❝At the sound of your approaching footstep,
My heart trembles with longing.
You are the light of my entire life,
Without you, darkness comes belonging.❞
My heart trembles with longing.
You are the light of my entire life,
Without you, darkness comes belonging.❞
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