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us naqsh-e-pā ke sajde ne kyā kyā kiyā zalīl

maiñ kūcha-e-raqīb meñ bhī sar ke bal gayā

bowing to her footsteps brought me shame I dread

I went to my rival's street standing on my head

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The beloved’s footprint becomes a symbol of extreme worship: the lover’s reverence is so excessive that it turns into public humiliation. The second line intensifies the shame—he lowers himself so completely that he even enters the rival’s lane, where his pride should have stopped him. The couplet captures love as obsession that breaks dignity and makes one cross forbidden boundaries. The emotional core is helpless devotion mixed with self-awareness of disgrace.

us naqsh-e-pa ke sajde ne kya kya kiya zalil

main kucha-e-raqib mein bhi sar ke bal gaya

bowing to her footsteps brought me shame I dread

I went to my rival's street standing on my head

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

Momin Khan Momin

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dīvār kyā girī mire ḳhasta makān kī

logoñ ne mere sehn meñ raste banā liye

diwar kya giri mere KHasta makan ki

logon ne mere sehn mein raste bana liye

Sibt Ali Saba

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kahāñ ke ishq-o-mohabbat kidhar ke hijr o visāl

abhī to log taraste haiñ zindagī ke liye

kahan ke ishq-o-mohabbat kidhar ke hijr o visal

abhi to log taraste hain zindagi ke liye

Zehra Nigaah

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sāhil se sunā karte haiñ lahroñ kī kahānī

ye Thahre hue log baġhāvat nahīñ karte

sahil se suna karte hain lahron ki kahani

ye Thahre hue log baghawat nahin karte

Khursheed Akbar

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har taraf ḳhūnīñ bhañvar har samt chīḳhoñ ke azaab

mauj-e-gul bhī ab ke dozaḳh kī havā se kam na thī

har taraf KHunin bhanwar har samt chiKHon ke azab

mauj-e-gul bhi ab ke dozaKH ki hawa se kam na thi

Khayal Amrohvi

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WORD OF THE DAY

KHasta

ख़स्ता
خستہ

means

fragile, infirm, unwell, weak, debilitated, crispy, friable, brittle

dīvār ḳhasta-hāl hai aur dar udaas hai

jab se koī gayā hai mirā ghar udaas hai

diwar KHasta-haal hai aur dar udas hai

jab se koi gaya hai mera ghar udas hai

by Nasir Basheer

DICTIONARY

Remembering

DEATH ANNIVERSARY

Momin Khan Momin

1800-1852

Contemporary of Ghalib and Zauq. Also a physician, astrologer, and chess player. Mirza Ghalib is said to have offered his complete Divan for his sher "Tum mere paas hote ho goya, Jab koi doosra nahin hota.".

mahshar meñ paas kyuuñ dam-e-fariyād aa gayā

rahm us ne kab kiyā thā ki ab yaad aa gayā

mahshar mein pas kyun dam-e-fariyaad aa gaya

rahm us ne kab kiya tha ki ab yaad aa gaya

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