SMS / Text Messages

Wo larki kisi aur ne pata li!

Poetic buildup praising a girl's looks and charm lands on the gut-punch: someone else already got to her first.

Woh gori hai uski zulfe hain kali,
Wo Pari hai ya Pariyo ki Rani,

Uski har baat hai nirali,
Par kya karu yaaro wo larki kisi aur ne pata li!

lab pay atee ha dua ban kay tamana maire

An honest wish SMS: knowing it's impossible, the sender still dreams of one of three Bollywood stars ending up with him — it's just a prayer, don't judge.

Aishwaria Rai, Preety Zinta, Kareena Kapoor
in teenon main se kise ko hona ho ga maira zaroor

main janta hoon nahi ha itni ooqaat maire
lakin, lab pay aati ha dua ban kay tamana maire

Bheje main bheja hi nahin bheja

Roman Urdu wordplay on 'bheja' — meaning both 'brain' and 'to send' — God sent you but forgot to include the brain part.

GOD nay aap ko bheja to bheja,
Laikin bheja tu aisa bheja,
k bheje main bheja hi nahin bheja,
yeh SMS mujhey kisi nay bheja,
is liye main ne aap ko bheja

Biryani khanay ki dua!

A biryani eating prayer written in the exact format of a ritual intention — four plates, fifteen to twenty pieces of meat, with zarda, raita, and salad, Bismillah.

Biryani khanay ki dua!

Niyat kerta hon main 4 plate biryani ki,
wastay 15,20 boti k
bama zarda, raita, or salad k
mun mera daig ki taraf.
BISMILLAH

True friends are rare to find

True friends are rare to find
True friends are always very kind.

True friends are ornaments so beautiful.
True friends always make us cheerful.

True friends are the work of perfection.
True friends give us right direction.

True friends always shine like moon.
True friends are the greatest boon

Mombatti bujh nahin jayegi

Power cut at night; husband asks wife to fan him. She refuses — if she fans him, the candle will go out.

1 night bijli chali gae...

PATHAN APNI BIVI SAY:
oye kam se kam pankha to chala day.

BiWI: kar di na phir pathano wali baat...
pankha chalaingay to mombatti bujh nahin jayegi

1 bar jan maang ker to daikho

A promise to always answer when called — unless the phone is on silent and I'm asleep, in which case, understood.

1 bar jan maang ker to daikho,
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1 bar yaad ker k to daikho..
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agar main na aaya to samajh laina
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main soya howa hon aur mobile silent pe hai...

O love love likhdi rahi

Punjabi SMS: she kept writing 'love' and he kept reading 'leave', she wrote 'kiss' and he read 'kash' — he was apparently taking a language course.

o love love likhdi rahi,
main leave leave parda reya,
o kiss kiss likhdi rahi,
main kash kash parda rea,
o via ker k chali gae,
main language course kearda rea!

Mubarak ho aap ko yeh andhaira or garmi

Opens with poetic imagery of flowers and the sun sending greetings — then reveals it was actually the electricity company sending the darkness and heat.

Pholon ne amrit ka jaam bheja hai,
Sooraj nay gagan se salam bheja hai,

Mubarak ho aap ko yeh andhaira or garmi,
Tah-e-dil se "K.E.S.C" / wapda walon na ye paigham bheja hai

Main churail hoon

A witch stops a Sardar in a jungle and announces what she is. Sardar says he knows — one of them lives at his house.

A sardar passing through a jungle.
A churail stops him & says:
HOO HOO HA HA,Main churail hoon.

Sardar: janta hoon teri ek behan
mere ghar main bhi hai.