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15 Urdu ash'ar / shaayari (shers, couplets) containing the word:

tarah: type, like, similar to

1 / 15: tarah

zindagi kam paDhepardesi ka khat hai 'ibrat'

ye kisi tarah paDha jaye

na samjha jaye

life is like a little-read letter

of a foreigner, 'ibrat',

however you read it,

you can't make sense of it

Ibrat (1)
zindagi (39)

life

foreigner

khat (7)

letter

tarah (15)

type, like, similar to

paDha (1)

read

samjha (6)

understand

Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (122)

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2 / 15: tarah

jis tarah sukhe hue phool

kitabon mein milen

as we part ways now, perhaps

we may meet again in our dreams

just as we find dried flowers

within the pages of an old book

disperse, part way

perhaps, maybe

kabhi (24)

on occasion

tarah (15)

type, like, similar to

sukhe (1)

dried

phool (12)

flowers, flower

books

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3 / 15: tarah

apne hi ghar mein

ajnabi ki tarah

the tragedy is that

people stay

in their own homes

as strangers

haadse (1)

calamities, accidents

log (9)

people

ajnabi (4)

stranger

tarah (15)

type, like, similar to

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4 / 15: tarah

din bhar ki mashaqqat se

badan TuuT raha hai

o night, take me into your lap

like my mother

the toil and troubles of the day

have broken my body

tarah (15)

type, like, similar to

god (1)

lap

bhar (10)

fill

labour

badan (4)

body

TuuT (3)

break

Theme: Miscellany (44)

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5 / 15: tarah

rooyi ki tarah uD jaayenge

hum dekhenge

when the mighty mountains

of tyranny and oppression

fly away like clumps of cotton

we shall see

zulm (12)

cruelty, tyranny

sitam (12)

tyranny, cruelty

koh (4)

mountain

garan (1)

heavy

rooyi (1)

cotton

tarah (15)

type, like, similar to

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6 / 15: tarah

taair ko qafas se bhi

kahin ho hai mohabbat?

can the spirit truly

fall in love with the body?

can a bird ever feel

love for its own prison?

ruuh (4)

soul, spirit

taain (1)

towards

jism (6)

body

tarah (15)

type, like, similar to

love

taair (1)

bird

qafas (5)

cage, prison

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7 / 15: tarah

hai wasl se zyaada

mazaa intezaar ka

so many kinds of unmet desires

coursing through the heart

but more fun in the waiting

than there is in the getting

tarah (15)

type, like, similar to

dil (94)

heart

pass through

desires, mostly unmet

wasl (7)

meeting, (sexual) union

zyaada (6)

excess, too many

mazaa (5)

fun, delight

waiting

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8 / 15: tarah

mumkin hi nahi lagta

ai dost, tujhe paanaa

arriving like a dream, and

leaving with fragrance behind

it seems impossible, my friend,

to find someone like you

dreams

tarah (15)

type, like, similar to

khushbu (10)

fragrance

mumkin (9)

possible

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9 / 15: tarah

kaaghaz bikhar rahe hain

puraani kitaab ke

pull yourself together

somehow

the pages of the old book

are getting scattered

2008: Kalapi Award

tarah (15)

type, like, similar to

jama (1)

collect

aap (10)

respectful 'you'

paper

bikhar (3)

scatter, disperse

rahe (19)

remain

old

kitaab (5)

book

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10 / 15: tarah

tamaam umr kisi

doosre ke ghar mein raha

in this way

life has passed

all the years

i lived in someone else’s home

tarah (15)

type, like, similar to

spent, transpired

zindagi (39)

life

tamaam (7)

entire, all, whole

umr (16)

life

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11 / 15: tarah

koi hamaari tarah

umr bhar safar mein raha

some reach their destination

as they set out of their home

but some like me

keep traveling all their lives

come out

mil (6)

meet

manzil (24)

goal, destination

tarah (15)

type, like, similar to

umr (16)

life

bhar (10)

fill

safar (23)

journey, travel

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12 / 15: tarah

zulfon ko rukh pe Daal ke

jhaTka diya ki yuun

when i asked her

from where does the moon rise

she covered her face with curls

and tossed them to say…here

chaand (7)

moon

tarah (15)

type, like, similar to

zulfon (3)

hair, tresses

rukh (13)

face, direction

jhaTka (1)

toss

yuun (3)

like this, in this way

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13 / 15: tarah

warna duniya mein

kya naheen hota

you were not mine

in any form

else, what couldn't

have happened in this world

tarah (15)

type, like, similar to

warna (4)

orelse

duniya (23)

world

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14 / 15: tarah

aisii tarah karo ki

use meherbaan karo

o friends, relate my plight

to my beloved

but narrate it so

she is moved to mercy for me

yaaro (2)

friends

haal (16)

plight, condition

sajan (2)

beloved (male)

siin (1)

with, to, about

bayaan (8)

narration, declaration

tarah (15)

type, like, similar to

kind

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15 / 15: tarah

hum ajnabi ki tarah

apne hi watan mein rahe

no one here, ‘majrooh’,

understands what i say

i remain a stranger

in my own land

1993: Dadasaheb Phalke Award

2013: India Commemorative Stamp

zabaan (8)

language, tongue

samjha (6)

understand

ajnabi (4)

stranger

tarah (15)

type, like, similar to

watan (2)

homeland, country

rahe (19)

remain

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