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2 Urdu couplets and shers with jaante

jaante: know

Description of jaante: "Jaante" is the plural form of "jaanta," an Urdu verb derived from "jaanna," meaning "knowing" or "those who know," often used to denote awareness or cognizance in everyday or poetic contexts. Unlike singular "jaanta," which refers to one person knowing something, "jaante" implies multiple individuals sharing that knowledge. Differs from "samajhte," which conveys "understanding" with deeper comprehension rather than mere knowing. In Urdu poetry, it appears in couplets like those

1 / 2: jaante

gunahgaaron mein shaamil hain gunahon se naheen waaqif

saza ko jaante hain hum

khuda jaane khataa kya hai

we are counted among the sinners

yet, unaware of our sins

we know the punishment,

god only knows what the crime is

Chakbast Braj Narayan (6)

gunahgaaron (m) (2)

sinners

shaamil (m) (3)

tobepresent

waaqif (m) (3)

aware of, familiar

saza (m) (4)

punishment

jaante (2)

know

khuda (m) (31)

god

khataa (m) (1)

mistake

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2 / 2: jaante

kahan maikhaana ka darwaaza, ghalib aur kahaan waiz

par itna jaante hain

kal wo jaata tha ke hum nikle

where’s the tavern’s entrance, ghalib,

and where is the preacher

i know only this…yesterday,

when i was coming out, he was going in

Mirza Ghalib (63)

maikhaana (m) (2)

tavern, bar

darwaaza (m) (4)

door

waiz (m) (2)

preacher, holy man

jaante (2)

know

nikle (m) (6)

emerge, come out

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