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3 Urdu couplets and shers with barsaat

barsaat(f): rain

Description of barsaat: Barsaat is an Urdu word meaning heavy or monsoon rain, evoking the seasonal downpours common in South Asia. Unlike light drizzle, it signifies intense, prolonged rainfall that transforms landscapes and atmospheres. Differs from barish, a general term for any rain, as barsaat implies the dramatic, life-giving monsoon deluge. In Urdu poetry, it symbolizes romance and longing, as in ghazals where lovers meet amid pouring barsaat.

1 / 3: barsaat

bataa aye abr musaavaat kyun nahin karta

hamaare gaanv mein

barsaat kyun nahin karta

tell me, o cloud,

why are you not fair?

why do you not shower

upon our poor village?

Tahzeeb Hafi (1)

abr (m) (6)

cloud, clouds

musaavaat (f) (1)

fairness, justice

gaanv (m) (3)

village

barsaat (f) (3)

rain

Theme: Hopes, Aspirations, & Dreams (37)

2 / 3: barsaat

aankh bhar aayi kisi se jo mulaaqaat hui

khushk mausam tha

magar TuuT ke barsaat hui

eyes welled with the

reunion of the loved one

after a long season of drought

the sky broke to rain down

Manzar Bhopali (1)

aankh (m) (11)

eyes, eye

bhar (11)

fill

mulaaqaat (f) (5)

meeting

khushk (m) (2)

dry, drought

mausam (m) (6)

weather, season

magar (28)

yet, but

TuuT (m) (4)

break

barsaat (f) (3)

rain

Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (139)

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3 / 3: barsaat

barsaat men bhi tum kabhii piite naheen faheem

aisaa bhi ab

pasand mujhe ittiqaa naheen

even when it is raining

you never drink, 'faheem'

now, i no longer

care for such abstinence

Faheem Gorakhpuri (7)

barsaat (f) (3)

rain

pasand (f) (5)

liking

ittiqaa (m) (1)

restraint, abstinence

Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (127)

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