Ravi Kopra Poems

Meri har nazar tere liyay hai
Teri kisi aur k liyay hai

Meri zindgi tere liyay hai
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Ek Khofnaak Chahat

There was Mohammad Iqbal, the grandfather of the nation of Pakistan, the father was Jinah. He was the son/grandson of a Hindu Kashmiri Pundit. If there are any, beneath the surface, some aspirations for another new nation, they do not seem to be blatantly obvious at this moment.
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I wish
it happened like this:

That I were a stranger
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Khoobsoorti mere liyay hai
jo meri aankhon ki
gehraaeeoN main rehti hai
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Subah Aanay Se Pehlay

Mohabbat ki tarah
dhanu-rashi bhi
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Airport k paas ek tooti si puleeya k neechay
jung bhra paani dobachay main gir raha hai
jahan do hiran ek doosray ki rakhwaali kartay
paani pee rehay hain. Door se imaartaiN
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Beauty: Fair skin, fair skin, fair skin
Marriage: Dowry, dowry, dowry

Happiness: Money, money, money. Gold, gold, gold
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CheezoN ka raaz, kya hai ye?
agar ye hai, to kyoN ye pargat nahin hota
bataanay k liyay k ye raaz hai?
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Usi Waqt

Jab hum baataiN kartay hain
hazaaroN zubanaiN hamain sun rehi hoti hain
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Hathiyaar

Agar is ka avishkaar hua hai
to is ko kaam main laaya jaaey ga
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