gham
sher • 2025-08-15 • 1 min
Estrangement in the world, sorrow in love, and within love, the self lost.
tags:sher, urdu, love, alienation, ghazal
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The Glass Between
poem • 2025-07-07 • 4 min
I stand before the glass and see the man who's supposed to be me. A haunting exploration of self-reflection, identity, and the tension between who we think we are and who we actually are.
tags:poetry, self-reflection, identity, mirrors, truth
वो कहती है कि सुना दो बातें
sher • 2025-06-04 • 1 min
She tells me to share my stories with the entire world, believing I have much to tell. The irony is profound—while urging me to reveal my writings to all, she remains unaware of the countless ghazals I've penned for her, verses that bring me to tears in the moonlight before finally granting me sleep.
tags:ghazal, poetry, moonlight
So will we
poem • 2025-06-01 • 2 min
The ocean roars, and then it sighs. But do not be deceived by the quiet. A powerful meditation on resilience and the eternal dance between life's relentless challenges and our enduring capacity to rise again.
tags:prose poem, resilience, ocean, waves, endurance, defiance
Kabhi mauka mila toh tumhe likhunga
sher • 2025-02-05 • 1 min
Kabhi mauka mila toh tumhe likhunga taaki mere mohabbat ko ek zariya ho jaaye. When I get the chance, I will write about you so that my love finds a medium. A beautiful sher about the power of words to transmit love, where the poet dreams of writing so passionately that even the reader falls in love with the beloved.
tags:sher, poetry, love, writing
The Corpse He Carries
story • 2024-12-04 • 9 min
A haunting exploration of how ambition can destroy the person we once were. A young entrepreneur's journey from joy to despair, carrying the metaphorical corpse of his former happy self as he pursues a dream that has become his prison.
tags:story, ambition, sacrifice, transformation
Zindagi chal rahi thi
sher • 2024-10-09 • 1 min
Life was moving along, somehow we kept it going. With our own hands, we burned our own corpse. A haunting reflection on self-destruction and the stranger we become to ourselves.
tags:ghazal, poetry, self-reflection, existential
Yeh Andheri Raatein Bhi Kat Jayengi
sher • 2024-05-24 • 1 min
Yeh Andheri Raatein Bhi Kat Jayengi, yeh bichadne ki baatein bhi kat jayengi. These dark nights too shall pass, these talks of separation will also end. A hopeful sher about maintaining courage through difficult times, believing that sorrow-filled circumstances will eventually pass.
tags:sher, hope, courage, perseverance
Not going back
poem • 2023-08-17 • 2 min
When I left, I gave the boats to the silent sea, a final, fatal farewell. A visceral meditation on the necessity of burning bridges, the courage to walk forward when others hesitate, and the fire that burns in those who refuse to look back.
tags:prose poem, resolve, courage, fire
Bahut ho gaya ab
sher • 2023-05-16 • 1 min
Enough is enough now, I won't waste any more dark verses on you. You've struck daggers in my chest, but I won't heal them. I'll build a palace from this pain, won't seek solace from consolations.
tags:ghazal, poetry, pain, resolve
So now as I wait to be taken over
poem • 2023-01-08 • 1 min
So now as I wait to be taken over, the ground beneath me shakes, rattles like it'll give away. A haunting portrayal of surrender to overwhelming forces, where nature becomes both witness and participant in a moment of profound vulnerability.
tags:poem, nature, surrender, rain
I stand alone on this empty stage
poem • 2022-12-23 • 1 min
I stand alone on this empty stage, the curtains closed, the lights all fade. A powerful meditation on solitude, inner struggle, and the determination to persevere despite feeling trapped and judged.
tags:poem, solitude, perseverance, stage
Yun toh arzon pe arze bitaye hai tujhpe
ghazal • 2022-11-26 • 2 min
Yun toh arzon pe arze bitaye hai tujhpe, aise muh mod ke ab tu jaana nahi. I've spent ages submitting my pleas to you, don't turn away and leave like this. A poignant exploration of longing and the transformation from seeking someone in paradise to finding them in shadows.
tags:ghazal, poetry, longing, transformation
Apni buzdili ka mai paimaan dena chaahta hu
sher • 2022-11-26 • 1 min
Apni buzdili ka mai paimaan dena chaahta hu, tum pe saare dil-o-gumaan dena chaahta hu. I want to give you the measure of my cowardice, I want to place all my heart and doubts upon you. A raw confession of vulnerability, where the speaker offers everything including life itself for love.
tags:ghazal, poetry, confession, sacrifice
Yuh andheri raato me
sher • 2022-10-23 • 1 min
Yuh andheri raato me, mashal liye teri khoj me chala firta tha. In those dark nights, I wandered with a torch searching for you. A profound reflection on how the very flame used to seek love becomes the reason for exile, and how home was never a place but a burning within.
tags:ghazal, poetry, torch, exile
Thinker
poem • 2022-09-17 • 1 min
To heaven or to hell they ask, my place? Only hell. For I am a thinker, and those, the only realms we dwell. A bold declaration of the thinker's burden, challenging humanity's notions while seeking truth behind easy thoughts.
tags:poem, philosophy, truth, ideals
यह ज़िंदगी है या है कोई बंदरगाह
poem • 2022-08-14 • 1 min
यह ज़िंदगी है या है कोई बंदरगाह? Is this life or is it a harbor? A beautiful metaphor questioning whether life is the journey itself or merely a temporary refuge where defeated souls anchor their boats during storms, only to sail away with the morning light.
tags:poem, life, harbor, metaphor
Not from my garden
sher • 2022-01-22 • 1 min
A terse, luminous sher: the flower seen is not from the speaker’s garden; the feeling sensed belongs neither to heart nor mind—hinting at an unowned beauty and a revelation from beyond ordinary selfhood.
tags:sher, urdu, identity, alienation, transcendence