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4 Urdu couplets and shers with gulaab

gulaab(m): rose

Description of gulaab: Gulaab is the Urdu word for rose, referring to the fragrant flower known for its velvety red petals and symbolic beauty. Unlike thorns that prick the skin, gulaab captivates with its soft allure and sweet perfume. Differs from other flowers by evoking profound romance and tenderness in expression. In Urdu poetry, it blooms as a metaphor for beloved eyes or fleeting love, as in "teri akhiyaan gulaab."

1 / 4: gulaab

azaab hoti hain aksar shabaab ki ghadiyan

gulaab apni hi khushbu se

darne lagte hain

tormenting often are

the times of youth

the rose starts to fear

its own fragrance

Badr Wasti (1)

aksar (7)

often

shabaab (m) (5)

youth

khushbu (f) (11)

fragrance

azaab (m) (1)

torment, punishment

ghadiyan (f) (1)

times, hours

gulaab (m) (4)

rose

Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (127)

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2 / 4: gulaab

main chahta tha ki us ko gulaab pesh karuun

vo khud gulaab tha

us ko gulaab kya deta

i wished to present

her with a rose

when she herself is a rose

what rose can i possibly offer her

Afzal Allahabadi (1)

gulaab (m) (4)

rose

khud (24)

myself

Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (113)

3 / 4: gulaab

burii sarisht na badli jagah badalne se

chaman mein aa ke bhi

kaanTa gulaab ho na saka

bad nature doesn't get better

by changing location

even by entering the garden

the thorn couldn't turn into a flower

Arzoo Lakhnavi (9)

sarisht (m) (1)

nature

jagah (m) (5)

place

chaman (m) (6)

garden

kaanTa (m) (1)

thorn

gulaab (m) (4)

rose

Theme: Nature, World & Universe (50)

4 / 4: gulaab

wo khaar khaar hai shaakh-e-gulaab ki maanind

main zakhm zakhm huun

phir bhi gale lagaaun use

she is prickly, prickly

like the branch of a rose

i am wounded, wounded

but yet longing for an embrace

Ahmad Faraz (21)

khaar (m) (2)

thorn

shaakh (m) (1)

branch

gulaab (m) (4)

rose

maanind (m) (2)

like, similar to

zakhm (m) (16)

wound, injury

Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (113)

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