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मैं ज़िन्दगी की दुआ माँगने लगा हूँ बहुत
जो हो सके तो दुआओं को बेअसर कर दे
-इफ़्तिख़ार आरिफ़

main zindagii kii duaa maangne lagaa huun bahut
jo ho sake to duaaon ko beasar kar de
--Iftikhar Arif

I have been asking far too much for the boon of life
If possible, please ignore my pleas

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Eng tr by Manish Modi

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वन्दे मातरम् VANDE MATARAM

वन्दे मातरम्
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सुजलां सुफलां मलयजशीतलाम
शस्य श्यामलां मातरम्
वन्दे मातरम्

शुभ्र ज्योत्स्नां पुलकित
यामिनीम्
फुल्ल कुसुमित
द्रुमदलशोभिनीम्
सुहासिनीं सुमधुरभाषिणीं
सुखदां वरदां मातरम्

सप्त कोटि कण्ठ कलकल निनाद
कराले
द्विसप्त कोटि भुजैर्धृत
खरकरवाले
अबलाकेनुमा एतबले
बहुबलधारिणीं
रिपुदलवारिणीं नमामि
तारिणीम् मातरम्

सुजलां सुफलां मलयजशीतलाम्
शस्य श्यामलां मातरम्

तुमि विद्या तुमि धर्म, तुमि
ह्रदि तुमि मर्म
त्वं हि प्राणाः शरीरे
बाहुते तुमि माँ शक्ति
हृदये तुमि माँ भक्ति
तोमारै प्रतिमा गडि
मन्दिरे

त्वं हि दुर्गा
दशप्रहरणधारिणीम्
कमला कमलदल विहारिणीम्
वाणी विद्यादायिनी नमामि
त्वाम्
नमामि कमलां अमलां अतुलाम्
सुजलां सुफलां मातरम्

श्यामलां सरलां सुस्मितां
भूषिताम् धरणीं भरणीं
मातरम्

वन्दे मातरम्
वन्दे मातरम्
वन्दे मातरम्
-बंकिमचन्द्र चट्टोपाध्याय

Mother, I bow to thee!
Rich with thy hurrying streams,
bright with orchard gleams,
Cool with thy winds of delight,
Green fields waving Mother of might,
Mother free.

Glory of moonlight dreams,
Over thy branches and lordly streams,
Clad in thy blossoming trees,
Mother, giver of ease
Laughing low and sweet!
Mother I kiss thy feet,
Speaker sweet and low!
Mother, to thee I bow.

Who hath said thou art weak in thy lands
When swords flash out in seventy million hands
And seventy million voices roar
Thy dreadful name from shore to shore?
With many strengths who art mighty and stored,
To thee I call Mother and Lord!
Thou who saves, arise and save!
To her I cry who ever her foe drove
Back from plain and sea
And shook herself free.

Thou art wisdom, thou art law,
Thou art heart, our soul, our breath
Though art love divine, the awe
In our hearts that conquers death.
Thine the strength that nerves the arm,
Thine the beauty, thine the charm.
Every image made divine
In our temples is but thine.

Thou art Durga, Lady and Queen,
With her hands that strike and her
swords of sheen,
Thou art Lakshmi lotus-throned,
And the Muse a hundred-toned,
Pure and perfect without peer,
Mother lend thine ear,
Rich with thy hurrying streams,
Bright with thy orchard gleems,
Dark of hue O candid-fair

In thy soul, with jewelled hair
And thy glorious smile divine,
Loveliest of all earthly lands,
Showering wealth from well-stored hands!
Mother, mother mine!
Mother sweet, I bow to thee,
Mother great and free!

Mother sweet, I bow to thee
Mother sweet, I bow to thee
Mother sweet, I bow to thee

--Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay

Blog: http://hindigranthkaryalay.blogspot.com
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Vande Mataram full text and English translation courtesy Wikipedia and
Anish Shah
Eng tr by Sri Aurobindo

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घडदे ओ रब रोज़ नवां बन्दा भावें बन्दा है
बन्दे दी की पुछदे हो बन्दा गोरखधन्धा है
- साधुसिंह हमदर्द

ghadde o rab roz navaan bandaa bhaave bandaa hai
bande dii kii puchhde ho bandaa gorakhdhandhaa
-- Sadhu Singh Hamdard

They build a new god everyday
But man is just a man
What are you asking about him
He is a bundle of complexities

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Sher contributed Santosh Sahni
Eng tr by Santosh Sahni

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हमको मालूम है जन्नत की हक़ीक़त लेकिन
दिल के खुश रखने को ग़ालिब ये ख़याल अच्छा है
-ग़ालिब

Hum ko maaluum hai jannat kii haqiiqat lekin
Dil ke khush rakhnay ko Ghalib ye khayaal acchaa hai
--Ghalib

I know well the reality of heaven
To console the heart, however,  it is a nice thought

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Sher contributed Dr Harshad Sanghrajka
Eng tr by Svami Veda Bharati

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तरसते थे हम जिन के दीदार को
उन्हीं से नज़र हम चुराने लगे
-प्रेम धवन

taraste the hum jin ke diidaar ko
unhiin se nazar hum churaane lage
--Prem Dhavan

I have begun avoiding someone
Whom I used to be anxious to meet

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Eng tr by Manish Modi

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है दुनिया कैसी दो रंगी पहले तो करती पाप है ये
फिर गंगा तट पर बैठके ये अपने पापों को धोती है
-प्रेम धवन

hai duniyaa kaisii do rangii pehle to kartii paap hai ye
phir gangaa taT par baiThke ye apne paapon ko dhotii hai
--Prem Dhavan

How contradictory is the world,  first it sins
Then tries to wash away its sins by bathing in the Ganga

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Eng tr by Manish Modi

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दोस्ती में तेरी दरपर्दा हमारे दुश्मन
इस क़दर अपने पराये हैं कि जी जानता है
-दाग़ देहलवी

dostii mein teri darpardaa hamaare dushman
is qadar apne paraaye hain ki jii jaantaa hai
--Dagh Dehlavi


In the midst of your friendship, our enemies have
Stealthily come in the guise of friends, only my innermost self knows

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Sher contributed by Kanupriya
Eng tr by Ibrahim Durwesh

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इन्ही क़दमों ने, तुम्हारे, इन्ही क़दमों की क़सम
ख़ाक में इतने मिलाये हैं कि जी जानता है
-दाग़ देहलवी

inhii qadmon ne, tumhaare inhii qadmon kii qasam
khaak mein itane milaaye hain ki jii jaantaa hai
--Dagh Dehlavi

I swear by your feet, your very feet have
Reduced so many to dust, only my innermost self knows

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Sher contributed by Kanupriya
Eng tr by Manish Modi

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चाँद से चेहरों प पथरायी हुई ज़र्द आँखें
कोई बतलाओ ये किस शहर में हम आ निकले
-जमील मलिक

chaand se chehron pe patharaayii huii zard aankhen
koii batlaao ye kis shahar mein ham aa nikale
--Jamil Malik

Lifeless petrified eyes on faces as beautiful as the moon
Which city have I come to?

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Eng tr by Satyanarayan Hegde

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ढूँढते फिरते हैं ज़ख़्मों का मुदावा निकले
इस भरे शहर में कोई तो मसीहा निकले
-जमील मलिक

dhuundhte phirte hain zakhmon ka mudaavaa nikale
is bhare shahar mein koii to masiihaa nikale
--Jamil Malik

I constantly keep searching a cure for these wounds
In this large city, is there no messiah to cure me

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Eng tr by Satyanarayan Hegde

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हमने देखा है ज़माने का बदलना लेकिन
उनके बदले हुए तेवर नहीं देखे जाते
-अली अहमद जलीली

ham ne dekhaa hai zamaane kaa badalanaa lekin
un ke badale hue tevar nahiin dekhe jaate
--Ali Ahmed Jalili

I have seen the world change, but
I cannot bear to see people's attitude change

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Sher contributed by Kanupriya
Eng tr by Manish Modi

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रेत की ईंट की पत्थर की हो या मिट्टी की
किसी दीवार के साये का भरोसा क्या है
-शाहीद कबीर

reit kii iinT kii patthar kii ho yaa miTTii kii
kisii diivaar ke saaye kaa bharosaa kyaa hai
--Shahid Kabir

Whether it is of sand, bricks, stones, or earth,
Who can trust the shadow of a wall?

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Sher contributed by Bill Howard "Nuur-e-Faanuus"
Eng tr by Bill Howard "Nuur-e-Faanuus"

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फ़ैसले क़यामत तक मुल्तवी हो गये
सच कहे न गये तो शाइरी हो गये
-कनुप्रिया

Faisle qayaamat tak multavii ho gaye
Sach kahe na gaye to shaairii ho gaye
--Kanupriya

The judgements were all postponed till the end
Unvoiced truths turned into poetry

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Sher contributed by Kanupriya
Eng tr by Svami Veda Bharati

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This one is for you, Bill!

क्या ख़ाक वो जीना है जो अपने
ही लिये हो
ख़ुद मिट के किसी और को मिटने
से बचा ले
-साहिर लुधियानवी

kyaa khhaak vo jiinaa hai jo apane hii liye ho
khud miT ke kisii aur ko miTane se bachaa le
--Sahir Ludhianavi

Life lived only for oneself is worthless
Save another from destruction, even if you have to sacrifice yourself

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Eng tr by Manish Modi

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In memory of Bharat Ratna Ustad Bismillah Khan

कल जहाँ बसती थीं खुशियाँ आज है मातम वहाँ
वक़्त लाया था बहारें वक़्त लाया है ख़िज़ां
-साहिर लुधियानवी

kal jahaan basatii thiin khushiyaan aaj ha maatam vahaan
vaqt laayaa thaa bahaaren vaqt laayaa hai khizaan
--Sahir Ludhianavi

Today there is grieving where once there was joy
Time brings in spring and time has brought winter