Love Urdu Poems

1.Crime karnay pay saza lago hoti hai crime sochnay pay nahi.
2. Kehnay mein aur karnay mein farq hota hai agar me khud ko COAS kahun...

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Dil Ki Dhadkan
Dil ki dharkan me basay ho tum
Ham tumhain kaisay bhulain
Dil ki dharkan me basay ho tum
Ham tumhain kaisay na chahain
Dil ki dharkan me...

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Kal wahi denge jagah 
apni haram naaz me, 

Aaj jo hanste hai 
humko ghar se beghar dekh kr....

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Look at this sky,
Birds are flying, 
A sound of wind touches our ears.. 
That slow and hard rain..
The fresh and cool atmosphere.. 
After the rain...

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Excerpts from "Cordoba"
by Allama Iqbal
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

I

Linker of day and night,
Creator of events,
Foundation of life and death,
Two-toned silken thread,
Weaver of possibilities,
Suggester of...

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Excerpts from "The Tulip of Sinai"
by Allama Iqbal
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

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My heart is bright, from burning inwardly.
My eyes weep blood, for all the...

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WARNING: THE CONTENTS OF THS POEM MAY BE
DANGEROUS TO YOUR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL-BEING

(Photo of the Two Lovers is available on contest site),

As any physical...

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Majrooh Sultanpuri translations of Urdu poems into English

I'm like a commodity being priced in the market-place:
every eye ogles me like a buyer's.
—Majrooh Sultanpuri, loose translation...

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Picnic
by Parveen Shakir
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

My friends laugh elsewhere on the beach
while I sit here, alone, counting the waves,
writing and rewriting your name...

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What Happened to Them?
by Nasir Kazmi
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

Those who came ashore, what happened to them?
Those who sailed away, what happened to them?

Those...

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 Chalo Yeh Zindagi Ab Hum Tumhary Naam Karty Hain,
Sunna Ha Be-Wafa Ki, Be-Wafa Sey Khoob Banti ha..! ...

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The Condition of My Heart
by Munir Niazi
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
 
There's no need for anyone else to get excited:
The condition of my heart...

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My Apologies, Sona
by Gulzar
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

My apologies, Sona,
if traversing my verse's terrain
in these torrential rains
inconvenienced you.

The monsoons are unseasonal here.

My poems' pitfalls...

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Translations of Urdu couplets and poems by Momin Khan Momin

Perhaps
by Momin Khan Momin
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
 
The cohesiveness between us, you may remember,...

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I am strange—so strange
that I self-destructed and don't regret it.
—Jaun Elia, translation by Michael R. Burch

The wound is deep—companions, friends—embrace me!
What, did you not even...

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