❝Whenever your memories come to me
A smile comes upon my lips❞
A smile comes upon my lips❞
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1952–1994📍 Karachi, Pakistan
Parveen Shakir
پروین شاکر
Love PoetryGhazal
68Shayaris
10Categories
1461.3kTotal Likes
4245kTotal Views
📖 About the Poet
Parveen Shakir was a Pakistani Urdu poet, teacher, and civil servant. She was one of the most celebrated and beloved Urdu poets of the 20th century, known for writing about female emotions, love, and femininity with rare sensitivity and depth.
📚 Famous Works
KhushbuSad-bargKhud KalamiInkaar
✨ Famous Couplet
"मैंने उसको एक आरज़ू की तरह चाहा था"— Parveen Shakir
✍️ Shayaris by Parveen Shakir(68)
🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝He is but fragrance, he'll scatter into the winds,
the real question is of the flower — where will the flower go.❞
the real question is of the flower — where will the flower go.❞
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🔗❝I love you so deeply,
More than I love myself.❞
More than I love myself.❞
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🔗❝Love tells you when she weeps
How much love is in each of her tears❞
How much love is in each of her tears❞
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🔗❝You spread like fragrance all around,
You reside in every breath I take.❞
You reside in every breath I take.❞
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🔗❝Eyes met eyes and all was said
What words could not speak, glances told❞
What words could not speak, glances told❞
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🔗❝Nights pass with difficulty without you
Every moment your memory comes to me❞
Every moment your memory comes to me❞
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🔗❝You were in my prayers
You were in my faithfulness
You were the most beautiful
Story of my life❞
You were in my faithfulness
You were the most beautiful
Story of my life❞
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🔗❝The breeze was somewhat cold, and so was your memory
alongside joy, my heart kept feeling a quiet regret too❞
alongside joy, my heart kept feeling a quiet regret too❞
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🔗❝You did not ask, I did not tell
But our love was not hidden either❞
But our love was not hidden either❞
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🔗❝The word of our acquaintance spread from street to street
when he softly called out and spoke my name❞
when he softly called out and spoke my name❞
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🔗❝When their voice falls on my ears
I forget everything❞
I forget everything❞
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🔗❝Your love has seeped into my soul
Now removing it is impossible❞
Now removing it is impossible❞
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🔗❝In your arms there is such peace
As if after a journey, home was found❞
As if after a journey, home was found❞
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🔗❝In the depths of my heart,
Your voice echoes.❞
Your voice echoes.❞
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🔗❝When I looked at my face in the mirror
I was reminded of you❞
I was reminded of you❞
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🔗❝The wind was cold, and so were thoughts of you
My heart felt joy, but sorrow lingered too❞
My heart felt joy, but sorrow lingered too❞
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🔗❝You are part of my every breath
Without you I forget how to breathe❞
Without you I forget how to breathe❞
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🔗❝He is but fragrance, he will scatter into the wind,
the question is of the flower — where will it go?❞
the question is of the flower — where will it go?❞
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🔗❝From street to street the news of our acquaintance spread,
she welcomed me the way a fragrance welcomes the air.❞
she welcomed me the way a fragrance welcomes the air.❞
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🔗❝He is fragrance — he'll simply scatter into the air,
the real question is of the flower, of where it will fare.❞
the real question is of the flower, of where it will fare.❞
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🔗❝The word of our acquaintance spread everywhere,
he stole my very art, the way fragrance does.❞
he stole my very art, the way fragrance does.❞
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🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝I saw him in a dream,
woke and searched everywhere,
I found him in the mirror —
since then I have loved myself.❞
woke and searched everywhere,
I found him in the mirror —
since then I have loved myself.❞
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🔗❤️Mohabbat⭐ Featured
❝What is lost in love cannot be found again,
but the feeling of that loss itself gives peace.
To get drenched in the rain of your memories feels good,
I need no umbrella in this season of yours.❞
but the feeling of that loss itself gives peace.
To get drenched in the rain of your memories feels good,
I need no umbrella in this season of yours.❞
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🔗❝He is but a fragrance, he will scatter into the winds;
the trouble is with the flower — where will the flower go?❞
the trouble is with the flower — where will the flower go?❞
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🔗❝I scatter like a fragrance
Whenever I think about you❞
Whenever I think about you❞
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🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝I thought the heart was vast —
but it couldn't hold your memory.❞
but it couldn't hold your memory.❞
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🔗❝I took your name while getting drenched in rain
In that moment I felt a deep calm within❞
In that moment I felt a deep calm within❞
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🔗❝Street to street, word of our acquaintance spread,
she kept my identity like a fragrance, gently spread.❞
she kept my identity like a fragrance, gently spread.❞
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🔗❝I had wished to have no complaints against you
But it was impossible, in love there is always complaint❞
But it was impossible, in love there is always complaint❞
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🔗❝Stay like a fragrance — that is all I want,
I want to dissolve in the breeze and always be near.
Wherever you go may you always remember me,
I want to live forever in your heart, my dear.❞
I want to dissolve in the breeze and always be near.
Wherever you go may you always remember me,
I want to live forever in your heart, my dear.❞
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🔗❝What he said to me, I cannot forget —
that moment that has passed, I cannot bring back.
His memories have settled in my heart —
the effort to erase them I cannot make.❞
that moment that has passed, I cannot bring back.
His memories have settled in my heart —
the effort to erase them I cannot make.❞
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🔗❝When he left me I shattered —
but even shattered I wove myself together.
His memory is there but the pain is now gone —
I have chosen a new relationship with myself.❞
but even shattered I wove myself together.
His memory is there but the pain is now gone —
I have chosen a new relationship with myself.❞
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🔗❝Some people come into life like this —
like fragrance that comes with the breeze.
Whether they stay or whether they leave —
their scent remains forever.❞
like fragrance that comes with the breeze.
Whether they stay or whether they leave —
their scent remains forever.❞
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🔗❝When the pain of breaking rises in the chest,
the heart stitches its own wounds in silence.
When love ends in such a manner —
a person begins to only talk to themselves.❞
the heart stitches its own wounds in silence.
When love ends in such a manner —
a person begins to only talk to themselves.❞
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🔗❝He listens to me and smiles —
I cannot understand what he thinks.❞
I cannot understand what he thinks.❞
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🔗💝Heart Touch⭐ Featured
❝The moon today asks my opinion, dear,
Who looks at it when you yourself are here?
With you present, what need is there for the moon above?
You are my night and my dawn — my only love.❞
Who looks at it when you yourself are here?
With you present, what need is there for the moon above?
You are my night and my dawn — my only love.❞
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🔗❝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.❞
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🔗❝The one who left me —
he would not know.
Every night I remember him —
he would not know.❞
he would not know.
Every night I remember him —
he would not know.❞
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🔗❝I am like a fragrance — I scatter and spread,
When I draw near him, I lose myself instead.
Whoever weeps remembering me is my kindred soul,
Whoever forgets me — that is my death's toll.❞
When I draw near him, I lose myself instead.
Whoever weeps remembering me is my kindred soul,
Whoever forgets me — that is my death's toll.❞
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🔗❝Like a fragrance in my life he was,
Leaving only a feeling in the room when he left.❞
Leaving only a feeling in the room when he left.❞
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🔗❝He came like a dream into my life,
and left too like a dream passing by.
But that dream's effect is such,
that even awake my eyes run dry.❞
and left too like a dream passing by.
But that dream's effect is such,
that even awake my eyes run dry.❞
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🔗❝How shall I forget you — you live in my every breath,
in every heartbeat, in every word I say.
What does distance matter — you are close to me,
you dwell in some corner of my heart each day.❞
in every heartbeat, in every word I say.
What does distance matter — you are close to me,
you dwell in some corner of my heart each day.❞
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🔗❝When you are not here there is emptiness —
in every corner I feel your absence.
Your voice, your laughter —
remind me of you every moment.❞
in every corner I feel your absence.
Your voice, your laughter —
remind me of you every moment.❞
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🔗❝In the darkness of night your memory comes —
a wave rises, the heart fills to the brim.
You are not here, no one is near —
yet this heart keeps calling out to you.❞
a wave rises, the heart fills to the brim.
You are not here, no one is near —
yet this heart keeps calling out to you.❞
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🔗❝This gentle intoxication I feel
It is the fault of your glance❞
It is the fault of your glance❞
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🔗❝To lay my head on your shoulder and sleep,
that alone is my paradise.
To lose myself within your arms,
that alone is my solace.❞
that alone is my paradise.
To lose myself within your arms,
that alone is my solace.❞
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🔗❤️Mohabbat⭐ Featured
❝You drift like fragrance everywhere,
You touch me but never stay there.
I've met you but couldn't hold you near,
This is the sorrow that will not clear.❞
You touch me but never stay there.
I've met you but couldn't hold you near,
This is the sorrow that will not clear.❞
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🔗❝The pain that love bestows upon you —
even that pain is a kind of blessing.❞
even that pain is a kind of blessing.❞
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🔗❝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.❞
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🔗❝Hear my voice, listen to my words —
I am a woman, I am a story.
Understand my pain, know my longing —
I too am human, I too am youth.❞
I am a woman, I am a story.
Understand my pain, know my longing —
I too am human, I too am youth.❞
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🔗❝When he touched, the flowers bloomed,
When he looked, there was light.
This happens often in love —
When love becomes true life.❞
When he looked, there was light.
This happens often in love —
When love becomes true life.❞
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🔗❝Perhaps I could have forgotten him —
but his fragrance I cannot forget.❞
but his fragrance I cannot forget.❞
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🔗❝At your touch the flowers bloom open,
your breath alone brings in the spring.
When you are near it truly feels,
how beautiful life can be — everything.❞
your breath alone brings in the spring.
When you are near it truly feels,
how beautiful life can be — everything.❞
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🔗❝In this city there are people and yet solitude —
in this city there is light and yet darkness.
Who knows what lies in whose heart —
here every face wears a mask.❞
in this city there is light and yet darkness.
Who knows what lies in whose heart —
here every face wears a mask.❞
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🔗❝That they came to our home — it is God's wonder indeed,
Now I gaze sometimes at them, sometimes at my home in need.❞
Now I gaze sometimes at them, sometimes at my home in need.❞
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🔗❝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.❞
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🔗❝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.❞
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🔗❝In my words there is the fragrance of my love so rare,
In my poetry there is a river of emotions laid bare.
Whoever reads this shall come to understand,
In every utterance of the heart a wounded heart has planned.❞
In my poetry there is a river of emotions laid bare.
Whoever reads this shall come to understand,
In every utterance of the heart a wounded heart has planned.❞
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🔗❝I do not bow before anyone on this earth,
This self-respect is what I am worth.
Whether anyone accepts it or not in the end,
This is my identity that I will forever defend.❞
This self-respect is what I am worth.
Whether anyone accepts it or not in the end,
This is my identity that I will forever defend.❞
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🔗❝Meeting you is an intoxication so sweet,
Talking to you brings a peace complete.
The moment your thought arrives I smile so free,
This is the passionate madness of my love for thee.❞
Talking to you brings a peace complete.
The moment your thought arrives I smile so free,
This is the passionate madness of my love for thee.❞
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🔗❝If you wish to find yourself, then read some poetry,
In every word your own story you shall see.❞
In every word your own story you shall see.❞
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🔗❝When she left I let her go,
But a piece of my heart went with her so.
Now every time I laugh it seems,
Something is incomplete, something has gone from my dreams.❞
But a piece of my heart went with her so.
Now every time I laugh it seems,
Something is incomplete, something has gone from my dreams.❞
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🔗❝I remember you in the monsoon rains,
When drops strike the rooftop in gentle refrains.
I hear your voice returning to me clear,
When the leaves sing in the wind for me to hear.❞
When drops strike the rooftop in gentle refrains.
I hear your voice returning to me clear,
When the leaves sing in the wind for me to hear.❞
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🔗❝Whether you come or not, spring has arrived,
Flowers have stretched and butterflies have thrived.
But again and again my eyes turn toward the lane,
From which my beloved used to come in refrain.❞
Flowers have stretched and butterflies have thrived.
But again and again my eyes turn toward the lane,
From which my beloved used to come in refrain.❞
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🔗❝I am afraid of myself,
For within me lies an ocean,
That hides within its waves,
Many a sunken scene.
Beneath silent waters,
How many voices lie buried,
How many wishes lie asleep,
How many dreams are pressed into the earth.❞
For within me lies an ocean,
That hides within its waves,
Many a sunken scene.
Beneath silent waters,
How many voices lie buried,
How many wishes lie asleep,
How many dreams are pressed into the earth.❞
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🔗❝I try so hard to forget you and move on,
Yet in every effort, memory of you is drawn.❞
Yet in every effort, memory of you is drawn.❞
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🔗❝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.❞
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