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Madam And The Census Man - Poem by Langston Hughes

The census man,
The day he came round,
Wanted my name
To put it down.

I said, Johnson,
Alberta K.
But he hated to write
The K that way.

He said, What
Does K stand for?
I said, K--
And nothing more.

He said, I'm gonna put it
KÐAÐY.
I said, If you do,
You lie.

My mother christened me
Alberta K.
You leave my name
Just that way!

He said, Mrs.,
(With a snort)
Just a K
Makes your name too short.

I said, I don't
Give a damn!
Leave me and my name
Just like I am!

Furthermore, rub out
That MRS., too--
I'll have you know
I'm Madam to you!
Langston Hughes

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Elaj Ye Hai K Majboor Kar Dia Jaun
Wagarna Yun To Kisi Ki Nahi Suni Mene...

In shokh haseenon ki adaa aur hi kuch hai,
Aur in ki adaaon main maza aur hi kuch hai,
Yeh dil hai

Ek Mukhtasir Si Waja Hai Mere Jhuk Kar Milne Ki
Matti Se Bana Hun Gharoor Acha Nahi Lagta Mujh Par.

When a cake is nicely frosted and it's put away for tea,
And it looks as trim and proper as a choco

Zabt kar ke hansi ko bhool geya,
Main to us zakhm hi ko bhool geya,

Zaat–dar-zaat hamsafar reh

THERE is wind where the rose was,
Cold rain where sweet grass was,
And clouds like sheep
Stream o

Yadain Unhi Ki Ati Hain Jin Se Kuch Talluq Ho, ,
Har Shakhs Nigah-e-Muhabbat Se Dekha Nahi Jata, ,

Ay jazba-e-dil gar main chahoon har cheez muqabil aa jaye,
Manzil ke liye do gaam chaloon aur samne

You are my drunkenness...
I did not sober up, as if I can do that;
I don't want to anyway.
I h

Labon pe phool khiltay hain kisi ke naam se pahle
dilon ke deep jalte hain charagh-e shaam se pahle

CALL it to mind, O my love.
Dear were your eyes as the day,
Bright as the day and the sky;
Like t

Dear Jack, whilst you thro' Flanders roam,
Can you forget your Friends at Home?
Say, will your Tut

Kho Gaya Mera Wajood Iss Bheerh Mein..

Kaha Tha Tumse Apne Dil Mein Chupa Lo Mujhko..

Late December: my father and I
are going to New York, to the circus.
He holds me
on his shoulders

KAbi ruk gaye
Kabi chal diye
Kabi chalty chalty bhatak gaye
Yunhi umer sari guzaar di
Yunhi

Pathar mujhe kehta hai mera chahne wala

Mai mom hon usne mujhe chho kar nahi dekha

Tujhe Pyar Mera Satayega Aksar.
Yaado ke toofa uthayega aksar.

Zikar mera karne se pehle.
tu Ku

Tujh Se Bichre Tou Ab Hosh Nahin
Kab Chaand Hua, Kab Eid Hui

تجھ سے بچھڑے ہیں تو

Hai Tawaf-o-Hajj Ka Hanganma Ager Baqi To Kia
Kund Ho Kar Reh Gayi Momin Ki Taigh-e-Be_Neyam

Daaman-e-Zabt Bhigo Dene Ko G Chahta Hai
Itni Tanhai Hai Ro Dene Ko G Chahta Hai

Saans Ki Dor

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