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Friendship is a pure and pious human experience. It helps human beings to know, and to live in good spirit with each other. The idea and experience of friendship has been treated variously by poets. Their verses have opened up many dimensions of this pious human relationship. Sometimes, friendship also turns into enmity but we do not always understand, or even know how such positive sentiments turn into negative ones. These verses would bring you a variety of perspectives on friendship and help you appreciate the multiple meanings of this relationship.

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55

Sher

50

Ghazal

5

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ye kahan ki dosti hai ki bane hain dost naseh koi charasaz hota koi ghham-gusar hota

ghalib questions a hollow “friendship” where companions only preach instead of caring. the word “naseh” suggests judgment and sermonizing, not warmth. in contrast, he longs for a healer of troubles and a comforter in grief—someone who helps or at least sits with pain. the emotional core is disappointment: advice without empathy feels like abandonment.

dosti jab kisi se ki jaae dushmanon ki bhi raae li jaae

translation while befriending someone, opinion of the foes may also be sought. sagar akbarabadi

agar tumhari ana hi ka hai saval to phir chalo main haath badhata huun dosti ke liye

mere ham-nafas mere ham-nava mujhe dost ban ke daghha na de main huun dard-e-ishq se jan-ba-lab mujhe zindagi ki dua na de

my companion, my intimate, be not a friend and yet betray the pain of love is fatal now, for my life please do not pray

dosti aam hai lekin ai dost dost milta hai badi mushkil se

friendship is commonplace my dear but friends are hard to find i fear

dosti khvab hai aur khvab ki taabir bhi hai rishta-e-ishq bhi hai yaad ki zanjir bhi hai

suna hai aise bhi hote hain log duniya men ki jin se miliye to tanhai khatm hoti hai

~ Mohammad Iftikhar Shafi

faeda kya soch akhir tu bhi daana hai 'asad' dosti nadan ki hai ji ka ziyan ho jaega

ghalib addresses himself using his pen name, urging self-reflection based on his own wisdom. the poet warns that maintaining a relationship with a foolish or ignorant person is futile; instead of bringing comfort, such a bond inevitably leads to destruction and deep personal loss.

ye kahan ki dosti hai ki bane hain dost naseh koi charasaz hota koi ghham-gusar hota

ghalib questions a hollow “friendship” where companions only preach instead of caring. the word “naseh” suggests judgment and sermonizing, not warmth. in contrast, he longs for a healer of troubles and a comforter in grief—someone who helps or at least sits with pain. the emotional core is disappointment: advice without empathy feels like abandonment.

dosti jab kisi se ki jaae dushmanon ki bhi raae li jaae

translation while befriending someone, opinion of the foes may also be sought. sagar akbarabadi

agar tumhari ana hi ka hai saval to phir chalo main haath badhata huun dosti ke liye

mere ham-nafas mere ham-nava mujhe dost ban ke daghha na de main huun dard-e-ishq se jan-ba-lab mujhe zindagi ki dua na de

my companion, my intimate, be not a friend and yet betray the pain of love is fatal now, for my life please do not pray

dosti aam hai lekin ai dost dost milta hai badi mushkil se

friendship is commonplace my dear but friends are hard to find i fear

aql kahti hai dobara azmana jahl hai dil ye kahta hai fareb-e-dost khate jaiye

~ Mahirul Qadri

dosti khvab hai aur khvab ki taabir bhi hai rishta-e-ishq bhi hai yaad ki zanjir bhi hai

faeda kya soch akhir tu bhi daana hai 'asad' dosti nadan ki hai ji ka ziyan ho jaega

ghalib addresses himself using his pen name, urging self-reflection based on his own wisdom. the poet warns that maintaining a relationship with a foolish or ignorant person is futile; instead of bringing comfort, such a bond inevitably leads to destruction and deep personal loss.

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