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निज़ामे-दहरे में पहले सा अब कहाँ कस बल
कि हुस्नो-इश्क़ में अब कोई लाग है न लगाओ
-फ़िराक़ गोरखपुरी

nizaame-dahare mein pahle saa ab kahaan kas bal
ki husno-ishq mein ab koii laag hai na lagaao
--Firaq Gorakhpuri

The world does not fascinate me the way it used to..
Beauty and love attract me no longer

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इश्क़ की यादगार है क्या है
एक टूटा मज़ार है क्या है
-फ़िराक़ गोरखपुरी

ishq kii yaadgaar hai kyaa hai
ek tuutaa mazaar hai kyaa hai
--Firaq Gorakhpuri

What else is it but a memorium to love
What else is it but a dilapidated tomb

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इश्क़ सर चढ़के उतरता ही नहीं
सब अमल पढ़ देखे इस जिन के लिये
-क़वी अमरोही

ishq sar chadhkar utartaa hii nahiin
sab amal padh dekhe is djinn ke liye
--Qavi Amarohi

The malady of love cannot be exorcised
I have tried every trick in the book and failed

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फ़ैज़े-बातिन से मदद ले, इश्क़ का हो जा मुरीद
अहले-ज़ाहिर के मिलाये तो ख़ुदा मिलता नहीं
-अकबर इलाहाबादी

faize-baatin se madad le, ishq kaa ho jaa muriid
ahle-zaahir ke milaaye to khudaa miltaa nahiin
-Akbar Allahabadi

Seek the help of your inner voice, become a devotee of love
For mere rituals cannot help you find God

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For the Indian Cricket team at the outset of their South African safari

काहिली और तवक्कुल में बड़ा फ़र्क़ है यार
उट्ठो, कोशिश करो, बैठे हुए किस ध्यान में हो
-अकबर इलाहाबादी

kaahilii aur tavakkul mein badaa farq hai yaar
uttho, koshish karo, baithe hue kis dhyaan mein ho
--Akbar Allahabadi

Friend, there is a huge difference between being patient and laziness
What are you thinking of, get up and start trying!

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क्या जाम है फ़िराक़ मुहब्बत का जाम भी
आबे-हयात भी है अजल का पयाम भी
-फ़िराक़ गोरखपुरी

kyaa jaam hai Firaq muhabbat kaa jaam bhii
aabe-hayaat bhii hai ajal kaa payaam bhii
--Firaq Gorakhpuri

O Firaq, what a remarkable thing is the wine of love
It is the elixir of life as well as the harbinger of death

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लोग कहते हैं आशिक़ी जिसको
मैं जो देखा बड़ी मुसीबत है
-मीर तक़ी मीर

log kahte hain aashiqii jisko
main jo dekha badii musiibat hai
--Mir Taqi Mir

The thing that people call love,
I found it to be a big problem!

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हाय रे मजबूरियाँ, महरूमियाँ, नाकामियाँ
इश्क़ आखिर इश्क़ है तुम क्या करो, हम क्या करें
-जिगर मुरादाबादी

hai re majbuuriyaan, mahruumiyaan, naakaamiyaan
ishq aakhir ishq hai tum kya karo, hum kya karein
--Jigar Muradabadi

O these compulsions, deprivations and failures!
Love, after all, is love. What can you do, what can I do?

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इस इश्क़ो-आशिक़ी के मज़े हम से पूछिये
दौलत लुटाई रंज सहे खो दिया शबाब
-बेखुद देहलवी

is ishqo-aashiqii ke maze humse puuchhiye
daulat luTaaii, ranj sahe, kho diyaa shabaab
-Bekhud Dehlavi

Ask me about the joys of falling in love...
I lost my wealth, endured grief and wasted my youth!

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मक्तब-ए-इश्क़ का दस्तूर निराला देखा
उसको छुट्टी न मिली जिसको सबक़ याद हुआ
-अकबर इलाहाबादी

maktab-e-ishq kaa dastuur nirala dekha
usko chhuttii na milii jisko sabaq yaad hua
--Akbar Allahabadi

I have seen a strange custom in the School of Love
Those who have learnt the lesson well are detained

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तिरे इश्क़ की इन्तिहा चाहता हूँ
मिरी सादगी देख क्या चाहता हूँ
-इक़बाल

tire ishq kii intihaa chaahtaa huun
mirii saadgii dekh kyaa chaahtaa huun
--Iqbal

I want the highest peak of your love
See how simple my wants are!

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I would like to thank the lovely Ms Pallavi Gurjar for inviting me to see NAYA SHIVALA, a beautiful play on the life and times of Allama Iqbal held yesterday at the Nehru Centre.

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इश्क़ ने बर्बाद कर दी ज़िन्दगी हाय रे इश्क़
कम हुई फिर भी न उसकी दिलकशी हाय रे इश्क़
-विजय अरुण

Ishq ne barbaad kar dii zindagii hai re ishq
Kam huii phir bhii na uskii dilkashii hai re ishq
--Vijay Arun

Love has destroyed my life, o love
Yet, her attractions have not waned, o love

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जो हुस्नो-इश्क़ की रुदाद से हैं बेगाने
वो क्या समझके चले आये मुझको समझाने?
-अयूब

jo husno-ishq kii rudaad se hain begaane
vo kyaa samajhke chale aaye mujhko samajhaane?
--Ayub


Those who are strangers to love and beauty,
What do they know that they are trying to teach me?

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यह हादसाते-इश्क़ नहीं है तो और क्या
मंज़िल कहीं है, दिल है कहीं, राहबर कहीं
-मशीर झिंझानवी

Yeh haadasaate-ishq nahiin hai to aur kyaa?
Manzil kahiin hai, dil hai kahiin, raahbar kahiin
--Mashir Jhinjhanavi

Isn't this typical of love?
My destination lies somewhere
My heart is given to someone
And my adviser is somewhere else

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ऐ इश्क़ उनकी चश्मे-इनायत से होशियार
धोका न दें यह शेवए-ना-मौतवर कहीं
-मशीर झिंझानवी

Ai ishq unki chashme-inaayat se hoshiyaar
Dhokaa na dein yeh shevaye-naa-mautvar kahiin
--Mashir Jhinjhanavi

O love, beware of their fond glances
They might just be deceiving you

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तिरे इश्क़ की इन्तिहा चाहता हूँ
मिरी सादगी देख क्या चाहता हूँ
-इक़बाल

tirey ishq kii intihaa chaahataa huun
mirii saadagii dekh kyaa chaahataa huun
-Iqbal

I want to see the culmination of your love
Look, what a simple thing I seek!

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इश्क़ सुनते थे जिसे हम वो यही है शायद
ख़ुद ब ख़ुद दिल में है इक शख़्स समाया जाता
-हाली

ishq sunte thay jise hum vo yahii hai shaayad
khud ba khud dil mein hai ik shakhs samaayaa jaataa
--Hali

Perhaps this is what they call love...
A person has entered my heart effortlessly

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