7 Urdu ash'ar / shaayari (shers, couplets) containing the word:
zaahid: priest, pious person
1 / 7: zaahid
zaahid naheen vaali naheen
kuchh paarisa naheen
why should i refuse
to drink wine, o preacher?
i am no ascetic, no saint,
not a man of purity
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2 / 7: zaahid
hum ik bazm mein thay
ye sab se judaa thay
not tied to the heretic,
not bound to the pious
present in the same gathering
but apart from them all
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3 / 7: zaahid
bemohabbat
khuda nahin milta
keep your worship to yourself,
o priest
without love,
god can’t be got
Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (67)
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4 / 7: zaahid
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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5 / 7: zaahid
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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6 / 7: zaahid
maala ho aur barhaman
sahbaa ho aur ham ho
ascetic and abstinence
devout and prayer mat
rosary and brahmin
wine and me
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7 / 7: zaahid
bandagi se
khuda nahin milta
through love,
you will find, o priest
through worship,
you won't find god
Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (67)
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