😎Attitude⭐ Featured
❝If they stand against me, so be it, it isn't a matter of life,
all this is only smoke, it isn't the sky.❞
all this is only smoke, it isn't the sky.❞
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1950–2020📍 Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Rahat Indori
راحت اندوری
Romantic GhazalMushaira
55Shayaris
13Categories
1582.0kTotal Likes
4572kTotal Views
📖 About the Poet
Dr. Rahat Indori was an Indian Urdu poet and lyricist, widely popular for his mushaira performances. Known for his bold, rebellious, and romantic poetry, he was a celebrated figure in Hindi cinema as a lyricist and one of the most-attended mushaira poets.
📚 Famous Works
Dhoop - Door NahinMeri Awaaz SunoNarazgi
✨ Famous Couplet
"कभी किसी को मुकम्मल जहाँ नहीं मिलता"— Rahat Indori
✍️ Shayaris by Rahat Indori(55)
❝Everyone's blood is mixed into this soil
this Hindustan does not belong to anyone's father alone❞
this Hindustan does not belong to anyone's father alone❞
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🔗✌️2 Line⭐ Featured
❝Everyone's blood is mixed into this soil,
Hindustan does not belong to anyone's father alone.❞
Hindustan does not belong to anyone's father alone.❞
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🔗❝Everyone's blood is mixed into this soil,
this Hindustan does not belong to anyone's father alone.❞
this Hindustan does not belong to anyone's father alone.❞
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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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🔗❝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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🔗❝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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🔗❝A person breaks but does not shatter completely
This is life's greatest pain❞
This is life's greatest pain❞
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🔗❝It calls out, but do not go,
this is the world — don't head that way.❞
this is the world — don't head that way.❞
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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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🔗❝Everyone's blood is mixed into this soil,
This Hindustan does not belong to any one man's father.❞
This Hindustan does not belong to any one man's father.❞
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🔗❝It's only a feeling, sense it with your soul
Let love remain just love, don't give it a name❞
Let love remain just love, don't give it a name❞
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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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🔗❝When there is pain, there is the feeling of being alive,
This is the only proof of one's existence.❞
This is the only proof of one's existence.❞
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🔗❝If fire breaks out, many homes will come in its path,
this house here is not mine alone.❞
this house here is not mine alone.❞
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🔗❝It seems she remembered me today,
She must have taken my name and shed a tear.❞
She must have taken my name and shed a tear.❞
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🔗❝I know my enemies are no small number either,
but the way I have raised myself isn't easy to match.❞
but the way I have raised myself isn't easy to match.❞
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🔗❝Life would have passed by anyway
Why did I keep waiting for you❞
Why did I keep waiting for you❞
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🔗❝Those who sit on the throne today won't be there tomorrow,
they are only tenants, this house isn't truly theirs.❞
they are only tenants, this house isn't truly theirs.❞
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🔗❝Love is calling me towards itself,
I am going, there is no one to stop me.❞
I am going, there is no one to stop me.❞
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🔗❝Those who hold power today won't hold it tomorrow,
they're only tenants, this isn't their own house.❞
they're only tenants, this isn't their own house.❞
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🔗❝I too am a river, I know my own power,
Those who build dams — I also know how to break them.❞
Those who build dams — I also know how to break them.❞
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🔗❝If a fire breaks out, many homes will come in its range,
This house here does not belong to us alone.❞
This house here does not belong to us alone.❞
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🔗❝The blood of everyone is mixed in the soil here,
This Hindustan does not belong to anyone's father alone.❞
This Hindustan does not belong to anyone's father alone.❞
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🔗❝When you choose to befriend someone
Even your enemies' opinion should be asked❞
Even your enemies' opinion should be asked❞
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🔗❝My name will reach the heights one day,
even on earth I am a storm.
Whoever thinks me weak is mistaken,
I am a force of a different form.❞
even on earth I am a storm.
Whoever thinks me weak is mistaken,
I am a force of a different form.❞
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🔗❝Do not call me a poet, O people of my city,
I am just a person drowned in love.❞
I am just a person drowned in love.❞
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🔗❝Everyone has their own pain in this world —
some weep with a smile, some stay silent and still.❞
some weep with a smile, some stay silent and still.❞
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🔗❝We are not those who bow and bend,
we are those who stand and compete.
The more the world tried to break us down,
the stronger we became in that heat.❞
we are those who stand and compete.
The more the world tried to break us down,
the stronger we became in that heat.❞
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🔗💔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.❞
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🔗😎Attitude⭐ Featured
❝People break themselves building one home —
you feel no pity burning whole settlements.❞
you feel no pity burning whole settlements.❞
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🔗❝Do not mistake my silence for weakness,
the silent ocean is the deepest of all.
When I speak waves will rise and roar,
even the storm fears my call.❞
the silent ocean is the deepest of all.
When I speak waves will rise and roar,
even the storm fears my call.❞
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🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝No one ever gets a complete world of their own to hold,
Somewhere the earth, somewhere the sky — never fully enrolled.
Everyone you see is lost in their own private song and scene,
No guest for the whole of the age is found here in-between.❞
Somewhere the earth, somewhere the sky — never fully enrolled.
Everyone you see is lost in their own private song and scene,
No guest for the whole of the age is found here in-between.❞
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🔗❝That peace that was between us — you may remember or not —
we remember every single thing, we remember.❞
we remember every single thing, we remember.❞
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🔗❝When you came it felt like I had found life itself,
when you went it felt like life had left.
But time taught this — life does not stop —
even with a broken heart life kept walking, kept bereft.❞
when you went it felt like life had left.
But time taught this — life does not stop —
even with a broken heart life kept walking, kept bereft.❞
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🔗❝The blood of all is mixed in this soil —
this Hindustan does not belong to anyone's father alone.❞
this Hindustan does not belong to anyone's father alone.❞
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🔗❝I do not fear the storms and the gales,
I myself am the storm.
Those who think I will shatter and fall,
I am beyond their grasp and norm.❞
I myself am the storm.
Those who think I will shatter and fall,
I am beyond their grasp and norm.❞
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🔗❝You filled my home with your fragrance —
you coloured my life with beauty.
I did not know what love was —
but meeting you made me understand.❞
you coloured my life with beauty.
I did not know what love was —
but meeting you made me understand.❞
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🔗❝We are but two banks of the same river, friends
Keep friendship with life and companionship even with death❞
Keep friendship with life and companionship even with death❞
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🔗❝It calls but I have no will to go,
this is the world — there is no meaning in staying.
I begin to weep at every little thing —
my eyes have no sense of what they are displaying.❞
this is the world — there is no meaning in staying.
I begin to weep at every little thing —
my eyes have no sense of what they are displaying.❞
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🔗❝My pain became my identity —
your memory became my very life.
I loved, and what I lost through loving —
became my greatest pride.❞
your memory became my very life.
I loved, and what I lost through loving —
became my greatest pride.❞
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🔗❝I am certain this is the truth indeed —
I must fight the world to fulfil my need.
This thirst of mine will never be quenched so,
I must go searching for the sun's glow.❞
I must fight the world to fulfil my need.
This thirst of mine will never be quenched so,
I must go searching for the sun's glow.❞
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🔗❝I too am a river; I know my own skill —
whichever way I turn, a path will form.❞
whichever way I turn, a path will form.❞
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🔗😎Attitude⭐ Featured
❝Everyone's blood is mixed in the soil of this land,
This Hindustan belongs to no one's father's command.
Those in power today will be gone tomorrow's dawn,
They are tenants here, this home is not their own to own.❞
This Hindustan belongs to no one's father's command.
Those in power today will be gone tomorrow's dawn,
They are tenants here, this home is not their own to own.❞
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🔗❝In a friend's friendship there is no condition —
no difference of age, no distance.
There is a connection of heart to heart —
this is the true wealth of friendship.❞
no difference of age, no distance.
There is a connection of heart to heart —
this is the true wealth of friendship.❞
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🔗❝Stop remembering what is no longer here —
hold on to what is here now and walk.
Accept what life has given —
build the path that lies ahead.❞
hold on to what is here now and walk.
Accept what life has given —
build the path that lies ahead.❞
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🔗❝My own people came through for me, even my enemies came through,
When storms arose from every direction, pain's sky came into view.❞
When storms arose from every direction, pain's sky came into view.❞
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🔗💝Heart Touch⭐ Featured
❝Call me to that crossroads sometime,
Where the paths of the heart entwine.
Those moments stay for a lifetime through,
When eyes speak what words cannot do.❞
Where the paths of the heart entwine.
Those moments stay for a lifetime through,
When eyes speak what words cannot do.❞
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🔗❝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.❞
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🔗❝Everyone's blood is mixed into this soil,
this country is not one man's father's alone,
whoever sits on the throne today won't tomorrow,
we're all tenants here, not owners of our own❞
this country is not one man's father's alone,
whoever sits on the throne today won't tomorrow,
we're all tenants here, not owners of our own❞
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🔗✌️2 Line⭐ Featured
❝My homeland calls out to me always,
Every vein of mine is tied to this soil's ways.❞
Every vein of mine is tied to this soil's ways.❞
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🔗🥺Yaad⭐ Featured
❝I drown so deeply in memories of you,
That I forget myself in all I do.
The world says move forward, go ahead,
But my heart says I am still there instead.❞
That I forget myself in all I do.
The world says move forward, go ahead,
But my heart says I am still there instead.❞
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🔗😞Judai⭐ Featured
❝I agree that love requires faithfulness true,
But every relationship needs some parting too.
Those who separate are never truly forgotten,
For the scar of separation has no medicine written.❞
But every relationship needs some parting too.
Those who separate are never truly forgotten,
For the scar of separation has no medicine written.❞
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🔗❝A true friend is one who corrects your mistakes,
Who speaks truth even if the heart it breaks.
There are many who offer flattery so sweet,
But a friend who speaks truth is rare to meet.❞
Who speaks truth even if the heart it breaks.
There are many who offer flattery so sweet,
But a friend who speaks truth is rare to meet.❞
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🔗❝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.❞
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