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ġharaz ki kaaT diye zindagī ke din ai dost

vo terī yaad meñ hoñ yā tujhe bhulāne meñ

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The couplet says life has been consumed by one obsession: the beloved. Even remembrance and forgetting become the same kind of captivity, because both keep the beloved at the center. Time is shown as “cutting through” days—endured rather than lived. The emotional core is helplessness: every effort, even to move on, turns into another form of attachment.

gharaz ki kaT diye zindagi ke din ai dost

wo teri yaad mein hon ya tujhe bhulane mein

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Firaq Gorakhpuri

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ik din vo mil ga.e the sar-e-rahguzar kahīñ

phir dil ne baiThne na diyā umr bhar kahīñ

ek din wo mil gae the sar-e-rahguzar kahin

phir dil ne baiThne na diya umr bhar kahin

Ashk Rampuri

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jab kisī ne qad o gesū kā fasāna chheḌā

baat baḌh ke rasan-o-dār tak aa pahuñchī hai

jab kisi ne qad o gesu ka fasana chheDa

baat baDh ke rasan-o-dar tak aa pahunchi hai

Kaleem Usmani

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kitne mah-o-anjum haiñ ziyā-pāsh azal se

lekin na huī kam dil-e-insāñ kī siyāhī

kitne mah-o-anjum hain ziya-pash azal se

lekin na hui kam dil-e-insan ki siyahi

Qadir Siddiqi

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uruuj par hai azīzo fasād kā sūraj

jabhī to sūkhtī jaatī haiñ pyaar kī jhīleñ

uruj par hai azizo fasad ka suraj

jabhi to sukhti jati hain pyar ki jhilen

Nami Nadri

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security, protection

darkār tahaffuz hai pa saañs bhī lenā hai

dīvār banāo to dīvār meñ dar rakhnā

darkar tahaffuz hai pa sans bhi lena hai

diwar banao to diwar mein dar rakhna

by Aanis Moin

DICTIONARY

Celebrating

BIRTH ANNIVERSARY

Firaq Gorakhpuri

1896-1982

One of the most influential pre-modern poets who paved the way for the modern Urdu ghazal. Known for his perceptive critical comments. Recipient of the Gyanpeeth Award.

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lekin is tark-e-mohabbat kā bharosā bhī nahīñ

sar mein sauda bhi nahin dil mein tamanna bhi nahin

lekin is tark-e-mohabbat ka bharosa bhi nahin

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