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

ummeed

hope, expectation

1 / 8: ummeed

na koyi vaada, na koyi yaqeen

na koyi ummeed

magar humein to

tera intezaar karna tha

no promise, no assurance

no hope

yet, i had to

keep waiting for you

Firaq Gorakphuri (12)

1969: Jnanpith

1997: India Commemorative Stamp

vaada (5)

promise

yaqeen (10)

faith, belief

ummeed (8)

hope, expectation

magar (18)

yet, but

waiting

Theme: Love, Passion and Longing (107)

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2 / 8: ummeed

aarzoo hasrat aur

ummeed shikaayat aansu

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 (8)

hope, expectation

complaint, protest

aansu (6)

tears

zikr (7)

mention, remember

nikla (9)

turned out, came out

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3 / 8: ummeed

kam se kam maut se

aisi mujhe ummeed nahin

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 (34)

life

maut (3)

death

ummeed (8)

hope, expectation

dhoka (1)

deceit

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4 / 8: ummeed

koyi ummeed bar nahi aati

koyi soorat nazar nahi aati

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 (8)

hope, expectation

soorat (5)

face, in the form of

nazar (26)

perspective, sight

maut (3)

death

fixed, appointed

neend (4)

sleep

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5 / 8: ummeed

itna bhi na-ummeed

dil-e-kam-nazar na ho

mumkin naheen ki

shaam-e-alam ki sahar na ho

may this heart of little vision

not remain without hope

it is not possible for this night

to not have a dawn tomorrow

ummeed (8)

hope, expectation

dil (73)

heart

mumkin (8)

possible

shaam (16)

evening

alam (2)

flag, sail, pain, affliction

sahar (5)

dawn

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6 / 8: ummeed

koshish bhi kar

ummeed bhi rakh, raasta bhi chun

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 (8)

hope, expectation

fate, fortune

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7 / 8: ummeed

dil na-ummeed to nahi

nakaam hi to hai

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 (73)

heart

ummeed (8)

hope, expectation

nakaam (3)

without success, failure

lambi (2)

long

gham (18)

sorrow, sadness

shaam (16)

evening

magar (18)

yet, but

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8 / 8: ummeed

kuch kaTi himmat-e-savaal

mein umr

kuch ummeed-e-javaab

mein guzri

some time in life has gone

in mustering the courage to ask

the rest was spent

in waiting for an answer

kati (1)

spent

himmat (2)

courage

savaal (2)

question

umr (10)

life

ummeed (8)

hope, expectation

javaab (1)

answer, reply

guzri (3)

spent, passed

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