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1 Urdu couplets and shers with raazdaan

raazdaan(m): confidant

Description of raazdaan: Raazdaan is an Urdu word meaning a confidant or keeper of secrets, derived from Persian as one entrusted with private matters or privy to hidden truths. Unlike a mere acquaintance who shares gossip freely, raazdaan upholds silence and loyalty in trust. Differs from a betrayer, who exposes confidences for gain. In Urdu poetry, it evokes lovers as eternal raazdaan of the heart's unspoken passions, like eyes guarding love's mystery.

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khudi ka raazdaan ho kar khudi ki daastaan ho jaa

jahaan se kya gharaz tujh ko

tuu aap apnaa jahaan ho jaa

by being your own confidant

you become your own story

why so obsessed with this world

you become your own universe

Arsh Malsiyani (3)

raazdaan (m) (1)

confidant

khudi (f) (2)

yourself

daastaan (m) (4)

story, tale

jahaan (m) (16)

world, universe

gharaz (m) (4)

self-interest, purpose

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