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Life

20 shayaris that beautifully capture the essence of life

A few words here and a few words there and bammm, they know how to create magic! In less than 20 words in these shayaris, the poets beautifully capture the essence of life. Such is the power of the pen.

Sometimes life brings us to such as a place where we cannot describe things. Our emotions are on a high but our words fail us. It is during such moments that we seek cover in somebody’s else works or shall I say, words. They may be music, books, poetry and sometimes the good old shayaris.

I don’t know whether I speak for everyone but they are a combination of comfort + therapy + mind spa. Imagine a pizza, dim lights, cozy couch, instrumental music, a soft breeze coming through the window and dozens of shayaris to read. I am thinking someone remembering Deepika Padukone and thinking, “Isshh kya filmy line maari hain!”

Yes, life cannot be figured out fully but only very few things can come as close to these 2-lined poems in expressing the intricacies of life. They might not take you to some other world but they sure bring out the truth of this one. So much so that they make you look inside and wonder about the mundane life which we so casually ignore.

Just like we cannot explain what we feel after listening to Kun Faya Kun, similarly, we can’t express the case with these. They open the door to so many memories and experiences. Some that still haunt us and we want to run away from. Some still haunt us. Nonetheless, we enjoy them.

Here are 20 shayaris that portray the rustic yet beautiful journey life is

By Deepanshu Gupta Ji on not giving up

toot kar bikhar jaana hi toh nahi aara humein, hum bhi warna kisi khwaab ki tarah kisi choti soch mein kaid hote - shayari

2. By Piyush Mishra Ji on the complexities of life

Zindagi ka falsafa bhi kitna ajeeb hain, shaamein ka ti nahi aur saal guzarte jaa rahe hain - shayari

3. Gulzar saab describing the nature of happiness and sadness is his unique andaaz

Naaraz humesha khushiyan hi hoti hain, ghamo ke itne nakhre nahi

4. By Abul Mujahid Zahid Ji on how life never stops

Tum chalo iss ke saath ya na chalo, paanv rukte nahi zamaane ke - shayaris

5. Rahat Indori saab on, well, the stage named life

Naye kirdaar aate jaa rahe hain, magar naatak purana chal raha hain - shayaris

6. This is life, is not it? By Aagah Dehlvi Ji

Ek safar woh hain jismein panv nahi, dil dukhta hain - shayaris

7. Hands down the best use of pun by someone unknown to me

Yeh jo tumne khud ko badla hain, yeh badla hai ya 'badle' hain?

8. Knew it back then it would reflect the current situation in 2020, by Khumar Barabankvi Ji. Anyone else feel that they are a contestant of Khatron ke Khiladi