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How broken was Jaun Eliya when he said;

Har kisi say bichar gaya hoon mein, kon dil mein mera malal rakhe,

Shehr-e-hasti ka ajnabi hoon main, kon aakhir mera khayal rakhe.

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“Yes, I do have misunderstandings. Whenever I wrote about you, it was you as mine.”

— Jaun Elia

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Simone de Beauvoir, from Diary of a Philosophy Student: Volume 1, 1926-27

Text ID: I observe how much I have matured since last year despite my belief that I was losing myself, how something strong was born from the painful experiences survived and from the numerous minutes that I believed were wasted.

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The ache of life has filled the wounds of separation. You also got sleep, I also found patience.

—Nasir kazmi

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“Abhi utha hoon neend se tumhara khwab dekh ke // abhi tum ek khwab ho, abhi pas-e-hijaab ho.”

as a dream you came to me and woke me from my sleep—even now, you’re still a dream, even now, you’re behind the veil.

ساحر لدھیانوی

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تم سے محروم جو ہوں تو مجھے مرحوم لکھا جائے!

Tum se mehroom jo hun to mujhe marhoom likha jaye.

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Parveen Shakir is the finest poetess in the history of urdu literature:

“ye dukh nahi ke andheron se sulah ki humne, malal yeh hai ke ab subha ki talab bhi nahi.”

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main jise pyar ka andaz samajh baiTha hun // wo tabassum wo takallum teri aadat hi na ho

ساحر لدھیانوی

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gala & salvador dalí, 1948

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Tujhe dekha to yeh jana sanam. Piyaar hota hai dewana sanam

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Straight away from Liyaari - Karachi.

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Is jahan mein na koi haar hoti hai, na jeet,

Sirf kuch log apni muraad paa lete hain,

Aur baaqi apni saari zindagi tamanna ke saaye mein bita dete hain.

Jo mil jata hai, uski qeemat aksar nahi samajhi jaati.

Is liye sabr o intezaar maqbool hai,

Ke yeh shiddat us gohar ki azmat ko akhir tak zinda rakh paati.

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“jab har cheez ko chorh hi jaana hai, tou haasil kya, mehroomi kya, jeet kya aur haar kya?”

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"My favorite Urdu word is shayad. Filled with hope and hopelessness in equal measure."

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It's very sad to see many of my Tumblr friends account are deactivated. Just realized, saw many of their chats in my inbox. 😟