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2 Urdu couplets and shers with hijraan

hijraan(m): separation

Description of hijraan: Hijraan is an Urdu word denoting poignant separation, longing, or migration, often evoking emotional exile or departure from one's homeland. Unlike temporary farewells, it carries a profound sense of irrevocable loss and yearning. Differs from mere travel by implying forced or sorrowful uprooting amid adversity. In Urdu poetry, it symbolizes the lover's anguish or the soul's migration toward divine union, as in Ghalib's verses on parted beloveds.

1 / 2: hijraan

naheen shikaayat-e-hijraan ki is vaasile se

hum un se rishta-e-dil

ustuvaar karte rahe

i never complained about

the separation for this reason

i kept nurturing this

relationship of the heart with her

Faiz Ahmad Faiz (22)

shikaayat (f) (6)

complaint, protest

hijraan (m) (2)

separation

vaasile (m) (1)

reason

rishta (m) (5)

relationship

ustuvaar (m) (1)

nurture, unwavering

Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (118)

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2 / 2: hijraan

shabaan-e-hijraan daraaz chuun zulf roz-e-vaslat chuu umr kootaa

sakhi piya ko jo main na dekhun

to kaise kaaTuun andheri ratiyaan

the night of separation stretches like tresses

day of union short like life itself

my friend, if i don't see my beloved

how shall i endure these dark nights?

Ameer Khusrau (2)

shabaan (m) (1)

night, evening

hijraan (m) (2)

separation

daraaz (m) (3)

long

zulf (m) (7)

tresses (of a woman)

roz (m) (13)

day, every day

vaslat (f) (1)

union

umr (m) (15)

life

sakhi (f) (1)

companion

piya (m) (1)

beloved

ratiyaan (f) (1)

nights

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