❝Stay out of sight and you'll fade from the heart too,
as for time, it just keeps passing, and shall pass on❞
as for time, it just keeps passing, and shall pass on❞
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🔗आँख से दूर न हो दिल से उतर जाएगा, — Firaq Gorakhpuri | Ghazal Shayari
About Firaq Gorakhpuri
Firaq Gorakhpuri, born Raghupati Sahay, was one of the greatest Urdu ghazal poets of the 20th century. He merged the classical Urdu poetic tradition with a modern sensibility rooted in Indian culture. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Jnanpith Award — one of the highest literary honours in India.
Born: Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India · Era: 1896–1982 · Specialty: Ghazal, Romantic Poetry
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About Ghazal Shayari
Ghazal is the most refined and enduring form in Urdu-Hindi poetry — a series of independent couplets bound by rhyme and refrain. This collection of works by Mirza Ghalib, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Mir Taqi Mir, and Bashir Badr suits readers who want to understand the classical tradition, recite verses aloud, or savor a single sher at a time.
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❝Life is an art that must be learned with grace,
even in sorrow there is a home of peace.
Whoever understands this secret, O Firaq,
finds a new dawn at every turn and crease.❞
even in sorrow there is a home of peace.
Whoever understands this secret, O Firaq,
finds a new dawn at every turn and crease.❞
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🔗❝The eyes too are strange — like the heart itself,
even when they weep they cannot seem to stop.
This chain of pain never reaches its end —
the memories arrive and we fall and drop.❞
even when they weep they cannot seem to stop.
This chain of pain never reaches its end —
the memories arrive and we fall and drop.❞
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🔗❝Your memory came and the heart overflowed —
an ocean descended into my eyes.❞
an ocean descended into my eyes.❞
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🔗❝After you left the house is no longer a home,
the lamps still burn but the light is gone.
Only the chain of your memories remains —
without you no custom or rule carries on.❞
the lamps still burn but the light is gone.
Only the chain of your memories remains —
without you no custom or rule carries on.❞
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🔗❝You are before me, and so close to me too,
should I look at you, or speak with you?❞
should I look at you, or speak with you?❞
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🔗❝It has been a long while since your memory even crossed my mind
this too is but a part of the divine chain of remembrance❞
this too is but a part of the divine chain of remembrance❞
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❝We have long heard of Adam's expulsion from paradise, but,
we left your lane far more disgraced than that❞
we left your lane far more disgraced than that❞
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🔗❝It was not in my fate to unite with my beloved,
had I lived on longer, this same wait would have gone on.❞
had I lived on longer, this same wait would have gone on.❞
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❝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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🔗❝These mystic riddles, Ghalib, this eloquence of yours—
we'd have called you a saint, were you not fond of wine.❞
we'd have called you a saint, were you not fond of wine.❞
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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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🔗❝What can I say of the softness of her lips—
like a single petal of a rose.❞
like a single petal of a rose.❞
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🔗❝Some people of the city were cruel too,
and I too had some fondness for the journey❞
and I too had some fondness for the journey❞
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🔗❝Partly the world's own kindness broke my heart,
and partly the bitterness of circumstance broke it too.❞
and partly the bitterness of circumstance broke it too.❞
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