Your memories stayed longer than you did.
Why didn't you teach them
how to betray and leave?

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मुझे मेंहफ़िलो का शौक नही मुझे तन्हा रहने दो,
मुझे खुशियाँ रास नही आती मुझे उदास ही रहने दो,
उनकी नज़रो में वफ़ा करने वाले हजार है,
लेकिन मुझे उनकी नज़रो में बेवफा ही रहने दो......!!

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मेरे नाम से बुलाते हैं सब मुझे
कितनी अकेली हूं मैं यहां

- सुप्रिया मिश्रा

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• Her miles of loneliness •

"Chanda hai tu sooraj hai tu,
O meri aankhon ka taara hai tu",
her favourite song from 1960's,
that she playfully sang for me,
my Nani, in her batik print saree,
during those humid days,"when
the heatwaves last all summer"
and she sliced the yellow, ripe
mangoes with her monochrome
beauty and meandering curls,
and a stain of sweat on her creased
forehead, of ages, ancient and revered.

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इश्क़ मुहब्बत अच्छे हैं पर,
तन्हाई की बात अलग है

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I'm breaking down inside
Running through mist and crowd
Lust to find a spoon fill of peace
With full of tears in my eyes
I'm breaking down inside,
Will you give me a piece of myself
It’s turning me into devil day by day
I'm feeling lonely again
Without myself and without a hand in vain
I'm breaking down inside,
Please someone search me out
Pull me up and show some light
Yea it's getting empty more than it takes
I'm breaking down inside.

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Solitude has an evil twin.
It gnaws at your insides
As if time, ending you
Second by second,
Painfully slow, isn't enough.
It clutches at your throat
With a vice like grip
Because when feelings
Get scared of being
Accustomed to,
They hurt you the most.
It creeps into the mind
And leaves hickeys
Of unsolved riddles:
Questions that were never
Born with answers to them;
Premonitions, doubts
Its loyal sentries that sting.
And when tears wash
Your tired eyes to sleep,
It rests, satiated, to have
Taken control, at last.
Solitude has an evil twin,
And we call it loneliness.

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मुझे बस आग से ठंडक मिलेगी
बहुत उकता गया हूं मैं जहां से,
مجھے بس آگ سے ٹھنڈک ملےگی،
بہت اُکتا گیا ہوں میں جہاں سے،

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Jisam Ki Chaaht, Fir Sachha Pyaar Dhundhte Kyun ?
Logon Se Nafarat, Fir Puje Ishwar Ko Kyun ?
Inayat Se Ho Jati Hai Prem, Fir Dhundhte Sabse Sarvashreshth Kyun ?
Rang-Roop Se Prem, Fir Laal Rang Rakt Sabhi Ka Ek Hi Kyun ?

Log, Khud Ko Insan Hai Kahte Fir Majhab Ke Liye Ladte Kyun ?

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Gupchup c rhti hai vo,
Udaas c rhtii h vo.....!

Na kiya hai usne zikra kabhi apni udasi ka,
Na hi karegi zikra kabhi apni udasi ka.....!

Sbko khush dekhkar hi khush ho leti hai vo,
Sbki khushi me apni udasi ko chhupa leti hai vo.....!

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