Love Urdu Poems

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

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

If you...

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

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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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Perhaps
by Momin Khan Momin
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
 
The cohesiveness between us, you may remember or perhaps not.
Our solemn oaths of faithfulness, you may...

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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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Withered Roses
by Allama Iqbal
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

How can my words describe you,
desire of the nightingale's heart?
The gentle morning breeze was your nativity,
the aromatic...

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Strange Currents
by Amir Khusrow
loose translation by Michael R. Burch 

O Khusrow, the river of love
creates strange currents—
the one who would surface invariably drowns,
while the one...

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The Eager Traveler
by Ahmad Faraz
translation by Michael R. Burch

Even in the torture chamber, I was the lucky one;
When each lottery was over, unaccountably I had...

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Last Night
by Faiz Ahmed Faiz
translation by Michael R. Burch

Last night, your memory stole into my heart ...
as spring sweeps uninvited through barren gardens,
as morning breezes...

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Translations by Michael R. Burch

Last Night 
Faiz Ahmed Faiz

Last night, your memory stole into my heart
as spring sweeps uninvited through barren gardens
as morning breezes revive...

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it is five a.m and his voice is a hymn i composed to honour my body. 
his history is now mine, and I have sewn...

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Hum to fakir-e-dua hai,
Hume kabi galat mat samajhna!

Juban youn hi lad-khadaye,
To Maaf kar dena!

Dil me dua aur juban pe ,
Muskurahat rakhna!

Jannat khadmo pe hogi,
Bas zikr-e-ilahi...

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Tum jo na samajh , samajhte hi kaha 
Tumhe toh chand samjhe the 
Per tum samajhte hi kaha .
Wese duniya toh jugnu se bhari hai,
Per...

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Pane ki aarju hai tujeh
Aur khone ka dar bhi !

Yekin to hai mukaddar pe,
Aur youn mit jane ka bhi !

Hosla to hai meri fitri,
Aapne naseeb...

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Haan mai qatil hoon
Jo aapni khuwaishon ki qatl karta hu !

Tum kahe to me buzdil bhi hoon,
Jo aapne aabru se darta hu .

Mai ek samander...

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Wo shame bhuj gyi,
Jisme rashni hua karta tha
Wo khuwaishe mit gyi,
Jaha ibadat hua karta tha.

Wo chahate bhi tut gyi,
Jisme khud ko mitane ki dil chahta...

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Aye Khuda Banaya hume tune Zindagi bhi tune Ata ki
Har shai me tune Bakhsha hume jo bhi humne Khata ki,

Shano Azmat teri Nirali hai ...

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Apni Zindagi Ke Liye kych haseen pal dhoodhta hun.
Raaste me chalte chalte kuch khwab jodta hun.
Har roz sikhati hai jeena yeh kudrat hume,
bas yeh sikhne...

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