6 Urdu ash'ar / shaayari (shers, couplets) containing the word:
zaahid
priest, pious person
1 / 6: zaahid
khalvat ho aur sharaab ho
maashuuq saamne
zaahid, tujhe kasam hai
jo tu ho to kya kare
in seclusion and
with wine and beloved with you
o holy man, tell me honestly
what would you do?
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2 / 6: zaahid
na kaafir se khalwat
na zaahid se ulfat
hum ik bazm mein thay
ye sab se judaa the
neither intimacy with the infidel
nor affection for the pious
present in the same gathering
but i remained apart from them all
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3 / 6: zaahid
zaahid ho aur taqwa
aabid ho aur musalla
maala ho aur barhaman
sahbaa ho aur ham ho
the ascetic and abstinence
the devout and prayer mat
the rosary and the brahmin
the wine and me
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4 / 6: zaahid
rahne de
apni bandagi, zaahid
bemohabbat
khuda nahin milta
keep your worship to yourself
o priest
without love
god can’t be got
Theme: Love, Passion and Longing (107)
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5 / 6: zaahid
masjid mein bulaate hain
hamein zaahid-e-na-fahm
hota kuch agar hosh to
maikhaane na jaate
the foolish preacher
invites me into the mosque
if i have any sense, won’t i
find my way to the taverns?
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6 / 6: zaahid
aashiqi se
milegaa, aye zaahid
bandagi se
khuda nahin milta
through love,
you will find, o priest
through worship,
you won't find god
Theme: Religion, Reason & Tradition (63)
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