1 Urdu couplets and shers with dukhi
dukhi: sad
Description of dukhi: Dukhi is a Hindi/Urdu adjective meaning miserable, sad, or sorrowful, describing someone afflicted by deep emotional or physical suffering. Unlike temporary sadness, it conveys a persistent state of woe or dejection. Differs from mere gloominess by implying chronic distress, often linked to illness or helplessness. In poetry, dukhi evokes melancholic lovers lamenting separation, as in folk songs like "Dukhi Dohray."
1 / 1: dukhi
magar ab ye hai kisi maharabaan ke
tapaak ne bhi rula diya
there was a time when even a thousand
arrows in the heart did not cause me grief
but now even the warm handshake
of a friend makes me weep
hazaar (8)
thousand
dukhi (1)
sad
magar (28)
yet, but
well-wisher, friend
cordial spontaneity
rula diya (1)
make me cry
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