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

ummeed: hope, expectation

1 / 9: ummeed

kisi se koyi bhiummeed rakhna chhoD kar dekho

to yeh rishta nibhaana

kis qadar aasaan ho jaaye

try giving up

all expectations of someone

hen notice how effortless it is

to keep the bond alive

Waseem Barelvi (3)
ummeed (9)

hope, expectation

chhoD (6)

leave

rishta (5)

relationship

qadar (6)

amount of, degree

aasaan (5)

easy

Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (126)

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2 / 9: ummeed

lambi hai gham ki shaam

magar shaam hi to hai

the heart is not hopeless

just not sorted for now

long is the night of sorrow

yet, it is just a night (that'll pass)

dil (94)

heart

ummeed (9)

hope, expectation

nakaam (3)

without success, failure

lambi (2)

long

gham (18)

sorrow, sadness

shaam (18)

evening

magar (23)

yet, but

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3 / 9: ummeed

phir is ke baad

thoda muqaddar talaash kar

work hard too, keep faith too

find a path too

after all this...

look for a little luck

2013: Padma Shri

1998: Sahitya Akademi

quest, search

attempt, effort

ummeed (9)

hope, expectation

fate, fortune

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4 / 9: ummeed

maut ka ek din muayyin hai

neend kyun raat bhar nahi aati

no hope comes to pass

no face seen anywhere

death has a fixed day to arrive

why then doesn't sleep come all night

ummeed (9)

hope, expectation

soorat (5)

face, in the form of

nazar (28)

perspective, sight

maut (3)

death

fixed, appointed

neend (4)

sleep

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5 / 9: ummeed

mumkin naheen ki

shaam-e-alam ki sahar na ho

may this short-sighted heart

not remain without hope

it cannot be the night of sorrow

has no dawn

ummeed (9)

hope, expectation

dil (94)

heart

mumkin (9)

possible

shaam (18)

evening

alam (2)

flag, sail, pain, affliction

sahar (5)

dawn

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6 / 9: ummeed

vaada (5)

promise

yaqeen (10)

faith, belief

ummeed (9)

hope, expectation

magar (23)

yet, but

waiting

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7 / 9: ummeed

kuch ummeed-e-javaab

mein guzri

some time in life has gone

in finding the courage to ask

the rest was spent

waiting for an answer

himmat (2)

courage

savaal (2)

question

umr (16)

life

ummeed (9)

hope, expectation

javaab (1)

answer, reply

guzri (3)

spent, passed

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8 / 9: ummeed

ek tera zikr tha aur

beech mein kya kya nikla

wishes, desires, and

hopes, complaints, tears

thinking of you

what all have turned out

aarzoo (16)

desire

hasrat (10)

desire, mostly unmet

ummeed (9)

hope, expectation

complaint, protest

aansu (6)

tears

zikr (8)

mention, remember

nikla (10)

turned out, came out

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9 / 9: ummeed

zindagi tu ne to dhoke pe

diya hai dhoka

of death, at least,

i don’t expect this

oh life, you have only

cheated me, again and again

1969: Jnanpith

1997: India Commemorative Stamp

zindagi (39)

life

maut (3)

death

ummeed (9)

hope, expectation

dhoka (1)

deceit

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