SMS / Text Messages

Ik larki thi deewani si

A poem about a phone-obsessed girl who walks shyly and always asks the same question — the punchline is she was asking how to turn her phone on.

Ik larki thi deewani si
Mobile lay kay chalti thi
Nazren jukha kar, sharma kar
Mobile mein jane kya dekha karti thi
Jab bhi milti thi mujh se
Mujh se poocha karti thi
ON kaise hota hai?
yeh
ON kaise hota hai?

Kaash dil ki hasrat poori ho jayai

A wish-fulfillment SMS that builds to a romantic moment of long phone calls — then the real wish: that your balance runs out first.

Kaash dil ki hasrat poori ho jayai,
Aap dain miss call or wo receive ho jayai,

Sub bhoo ker kerain hum ghanton batain,
Hoosh tub ayai jub aapka balance khatam ho jayai ;-)

Pencil ya rubber ban kar ....

Hindi SMS suggesting that if you cannot write others' joy like a pencil, at least erase their pain like an eraser.

Agar Tum Ek Pencil Ban kar
Kisi Ki Khushiyan Nahin Likh Sakte Ho Toh.. .
Koshish Karo ki Ek Achchha Rubber
Ban kar Kisi Ke Gum Mita Do..!

3 sardar bed pe so rahy thy

Three sardars can't split a bed fairly; one sleeps on the floor; the other immediately invites him back up now there's room.

3 sardar bed pe so rahy thy,
un tenon ko jaga theek
se nahi mil rahi thi.
phir 1 sardar bed se niche sone laga.

2nd sardar: ab jaga ho gai hai, uper ajaa.

Sari phul-jhariyan yahi rehti

A child overhears dad say all the 'fireworks' are in the girls hostel — and repeats it innocently while shopping for Diwali crackers.

Child: Mom is bar hum sare patakhe is shop se lenge.
Mom: lekin beta ye to girls hostel hai.
Child: Papa to kehte hain k sari phul-jhariyan yahi rehti hain...

Dil se chaho & zubaan say ghussa karo

Roman Urdu SMS with two daily rules: love with the heart not just the tongue, and keep anger in words not in feeling.

AAJ KI 2 pyaari BAATEIN,

1/kisi ko chahtay ho to dil say chaho sirf zubaan say nahi,
2/agar kisi k 7 ghussa karna hay to sirf zubaan say karo dil say nahi,

Aap ka muskurana roz ho

Roman Urdu SMS wishing the recipient a lotus-or-rose face each day, a hundred moments of joy, and a thousand of ease.

Aap ka muskurana roz ho

Kabhi chehra kanwal
Tou kabhi rose ho

100 pal khushi tou
1000 pal mauj ho

Bas aisa hi aap ka din
Har roz ho

Phir sala nursery say hi to parhna hai !!

Nihilistic student SMS: why study? You die anyway, and if you're reborn, you'll start from nursery again. So just enjoy.

Parh likh kar kya karna hai,
Akhir 1 din sabko marna hai,
Mar kar bhi agar janam liya,
to phir sala nursery say hi to parhna hai !!
So enjoY!!

uska naam hi yaad nahi aata

Santa (Sardar joke) is crying at a bar — he wants to forget a girl but can't remember her name, so forgetting is impossible.

Santa bar me ro raha tha.
Bartender: Kyo ro rahe ho?
Santa: Aur kya karu??
Jis ladki ko bhulana chahta hun
uska naam hi yaad nahi aata.

Sardar ne makhi k par tor k kaha

Sardar tears off a fly's wings and tells it to fly; when it doesn't, he concludes flies without wings simply can't hear.

Sardar ne makhi k par tor k kaha,Urr ja.

But..

makhi nahin uri,
Sardar ne kaha,
Sabit hua agar makhi k par tor diye
jain to makhi sun nahin sakti

Paani me tairna machli ka style

A playful SMS about style — fish swims, birds fly, the sender texts differently — and the real punchline is that reading it for free is your style.

Paani me tairna machli ka style,
Hawa me udna paanchi ka style;
Different sms bhejna apunka style,
fukat me sms parhna aapka style.

Cycle ka pedal

A Bihari-dialect joke: a man finds a bicycle pedal on the road, takes it home, and tells his wife they'll get the bicycle to put inside it.

Ek Bihari ko Raaste me
cycle ka paidal mila
aur use uthakar Ghar le aya.
Ghar laa kar Biwi ko bola
ye sambhal ke rakhde,
isme cycle dalwa lenge.