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2 Urdu couplets and shers with veeraan

veeraan(m): desolate, empty

Description of veeraan: Veeraan is an Urdu adjective meaning desolate, barren, or ruined, evoking a profound sense of emptiness and abandonment. Unlike bustling urban scenes, it describes forsaken landscapes stripped of life and vitality. Differs from mere emptiness by implying a haunting desolation once vibrant but now decayed. In Urdu poetry, like Ghalib's ghazals, veeraan portrays the soul's isolation amid worldly ruins.

1 / 2: veeraan

vo bhi shaayad ro paDe veeraan kaaghaz dekh kar

main ne us ko aakhiri khat mein

likhaa kuch bhi naheen

maybe she will break down

seeing my blank letter

in this last message to her

i didn’t write anything

Zuhoor Nazar (1)

kaaghaz (m) (5)

paper

khat (f) (7)

letter

shaayad (8)

perhaps, maybe

veeraan (m) (2)

desolate, empty

aakhiri (1)

last, final

Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (118)

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2 / 2: veeraan

is aalam-e-veeraan mein ya anjuman-aaraai

do roz ki mehfil hai

ek umr ki tanhaai

what use decorating the gathering

in this desolate world

two days of festivities

and a lifetime of loneliness

Sufi Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum (2)

aalam (m) (9)

world, state

veeraan (m) (2)

desolate, empty

anjuman (m) (5)

gathering, assembly

aaraai (f) (1)

adornment, decoration

roz (m) (13)

day, every day

mehfil (f) (17)

gathering, concert

umr (m) (15)

life

tanhaai (f) (11)

solitude, loneliness

Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (118)

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veeraan(m): desolate, empty

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