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1 Urdu couplets and shers with pukaar

pukaar(m): call

Description of pukaar: Pukaar is an Urdu word meaning a loud call, cry, or shout, often conveying an urgent summons or emotional appeal. Unlike silent pleas expressed through subtle gestures, pukaar demands vocal intensity to pierce through distance or indifference. Differs from a mere awaaz , as it carries deeper connotation of desperation or invocation. In poetry, it evokes lovers' anguished calls across parted realms, as in Ghalib's verses.

1 / 1: pukaar

ye ehtiyat ka aalam bhikya qayaamat hai

pukaar bhi na sake tujhko

tere naam se hum

this state of caution

how calamitous it was

i could not even

call out to you by your name

Sahir Ludhianvi (18)

1971: Padma Shri

2013: Commemorative Stamp India

ehtiyat (f) (1)

caution

aalam (m) (9)

world, state

qayaamat (f) (9)

catastrophe, apocalypse

pukaar (m) (1)

call

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