❝Don't speak of this and that — tell me why the caravan was plundered —
I have no complaint with the robbers; it is your leadership that is in question.❞
I have no complaint with the robbers; it is your leadership that is in question.❞
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🔗तू इधर उधर की न बात कर, यह बता कि क़ाफ़िला क्यों लुटा, — Nida Fazli | Nazm Shayari
About Nida Fazli
Nida Fazli was a renowned Urdu poet and Hindi film lyricist known for his humanist philosophy and simple, accessible verse. His poetry often drew on everyday observations to illuminate profound truths. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2013 and was known for his unforgettable muktakas (couplets).
Born: Delhi, British India · Era: 1938–2016 · Specialty: Ghazal, Nazm, Film Lyrics
📚 Famous Works
Khoya Hua Sa KuchAankh Uthao To MiloDuniya Jise Kehte Hain
About Nazm Shayari
Nazm is a Hindi-Urdu poetic form that tells a single, continuous story or idea from start to finish — unlike the ghazal's independent couplets. Drawing on Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Allama Iqbal, Gulzar, and Sahir Ludhianvi, this collection rewards a slower, more attentive read.
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❝What the world calls life is a magical toy,
When possessed it is mere clay, when lost it is gold.
Every person is troubled, every person alone,
Even in a gathering, loneliness is felt and told.❞
When possessed it is mere clay, when lost it is gold.
Every person is troubled, every person alone,
Even in a gathering, loneliness is felt and told.❞
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🔗❝Everywhere and in every place countless people crowd,
Yet every person is lonely in the throng so loud.
Every person needs another person's hand,
But a true companion is hard to find in this land.❞
Yet every person is lonely in the throng so loud.
Every person needs another person's hand,
But a true companion is hard to find in this land.❞
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🔗❝What they call the world is a toy of magic —
if you get it, it is mud; if you lose it, it is gold.❞
if you get it, it is mud; if you lose it, it is gold.❞
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🔗❝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.❞
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🔗❝Every time our eyes meet —
a fair seems to set up in my heart.
When you are here I have everything —
when you are not, nothing remains.❞
a fair seems to set up in my heart.
When you are here I have everything —
when you are not, nothing remains.❞
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🔗❝The journey will have harsh sun — if you can walk, then walk.
All are in the crowd — if you can emerge, step forward.❞
All are in the crowd — if you can emerge, step forward.❞
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❝My longing rises to my lips as a prayer,
O God, may my life be like a candle's flame,
may the world's darkness be dispelled by my breath,
may my glow bring light to every place.❞
O God, may my life be like a candle's flame,
may the world's darkness be dispelled by my breath,
may my glow bring light to every place.❞
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❝Better than the whole world is our Hindustan,
we are its nightingales, this is our garden,
if we are in foreign lands, our heart stays in the homeland,
know us to be there too, wherever our heart is.❞
we are its nightingales, this is our garden,
if we are in foreign lands, our heart stays in the homeland,
know us to be there too, wherever our heart is.❞
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❝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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❝From the grapes of tender feelings I have brought today this wine,
beloved, with my own hands I shall pour you the cup today,
let me first offer it to you, then the world shall receive its blessing,
before all others, my tavern of wine welcomes you first.❞
beloved, with my own hands I shall pour you the cup today,
let me first offer it to you, then the world shall receive its blessing,
before all others, my tavern of wine welcomes you first.❞
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❝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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🔗❝Beyond the stars there are yet more worlds,
there are yet more trials of love to face,
these skies are not empty of life,
here there are hundreds more caravans still to come.❞
there are yet more trials of love to face,
these skies are not empty of life,
here there are hundreds more caravans still to come.❞
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🔗❝Some of my belongings still lie with you,
some rain-soaked days of the monsoon are kept there,
and a night wrapped inside one of my letters lies there too,
extinguish that night, return to me my things.❞
some rain-soaked days of the monsoon are kept there,
and a night wrapped inside one of my letters lies there too,
extinguish that night, return to me my things.❞
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🔗❝Sometimes a thought crosses my mind,
that had my life passed in the soft shade of your tresses,
it might have flourished, might have bloomed green,
rather than this darkness that is my life's destiny.❞
that had my life passed in the soft shade of your tresses,
it might have flourished, might have bloomed green,
rather than this darkness that is my life's destiny.❞
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