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11 Urdu ash'ar / shaayari (shers, couplets) containing the word:

insaan

human

1 / 11: insaan

ab hayaat-e-insaan ka

hashr dekhiye kya ho

mil gaya hai qaatil ko

mansab-e-maseehaayi

behold the condition

of human existence

the killer has been given

the status of a savior

Shahid Siddiqui (3)
hayaat (3)

life

insaan (11)

human

hashr (2)

day of judgment

mil (3)

meet

qaatil (10)

murderer, assassin

mansab (1)

rank, status

savior-hood, prophet-hood

Theme: Oppression, Rebellion & Freedom (53)

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2 / 11: insaan

tum na maano

magar haqeeqat hai

ishq insaan ki

zaroorat hai

you may not accept it

but it is the truth

love is a necessity

for a human being

magar (18)

yet, but

reality, fact

ishq (36)

love

insaan (11)

human

need, necessity

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3 / 11: insaan

sab tere siva kaafir

aakhir is ka matlab kya

sar phira de insaan ka

aisa khabt-e-mazhab kya

all but you are infidels?

what does that even mean?

what kind of religious madness

turns a human into a lunatic?

sab (10)

all

kaafir (3)

infidel, disbeliever

aakhir (4)

alas, afterall

sar (5)

front, top, head

insaan (11)

human

khabt (1)

madness, frenzy

mazhab (5)

religion

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4 / 11: insaan

aadmi kya woh na samjhe

jo sukhan ki qadr ko

nutq ne haivaan se

musht-e-khaak ko insaan kiya

can one truly be human

who does not value speech?

it is the power of speech that turned

a lump of clay of beast into a human

samjhe (6)

to understand

sukhan (8)

speech, spoken words

qadr (2)

value, worth

nutq (1)

articulation, power of speaking

beast

musht (2)

fistful

khaak (3)

dust, ashes, worthless

insaan (11)

human

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5 / 11: insaan

lab kuchh bhi kahen

is se haqeeqat naheen khulti

insaan ke sach jhoot

ki pehchaan hain aankhen

no matter what the lips say

the reality is not revealed

the eyes are the real markers

of truth and lies

1971: Padma Shri

2013: Commemorative Stamp India

lab (18)

lip, lips

reality, fact

khulta (2)

open

insaan (11)

human

identify, recognize

eyes

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6 / 11: insaan

hai fahm us ka jo

har insaan ke dil ki zubaan samjhe

sukhan wo hai jise

har shakhs apna hi bayaan samjhe

her/his understanding relates to

the language of every heart

and the speech is such that

we all feel it is our own voice

shakhs (14)

person, individual

insaan (11)

human

fahm (3)

belief, comprehension

zubaan (8)

speech, tongue

sukhan (8)

speech, spoken words

bayaan (8)

narration, declaration

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7 / 11: insaan

allah agar taufeeq na de

insaan ke bas ka kaam nahin

faizaan-e-mohabbat aam sahi

irfaan-e-mohabbat aam nahin

if god doesn’t give guidance

man is not competent

grace of love is common

but not love’s enlightenment

1959: Sahitya Akademi

allah (4)

god

guidance

insaan (11)

human

kaam (11)

work

grace

love

aam (2)

common

irfaan (1)

knowledge

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8 / 11: insaan

ranj se khugar hua insaan to

miT jaata hai ranj

mushkilein mujh par paDi itni ke

aasaan ho gayee

if a person gets accustomed to grief

then grief disappears

so many difficulties have come upon me

that it has become easy to bear them

aasaan (4)

easy

insaan (11)

human

ranj (3)

grief, hurt, sorrow

khugar (1)

getaccustomedto

to (4)

so

erase, disappear

se (1)

semeinchalahuun

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9 / 11: insaan

sarak gaya jab uske rukh se

pardaa achaanak

farishte bhi kehne lage

kaash hum insaan hote

when the veil suddenly

slipped off her face

angels said to each other

gosh, wish we were human

Anonymous

rukh (12)

face, direction

sarak (1)

slip

pardaa (1)

veil

suddenly

angels

insaan (11)

human

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10 / 11: insaan

insaan ki khwahishon ki

koi inteha nahi

do gaz zameen bhi chahiye

do gaj kafan ke baad

there is no limit

to the human need

after two yards of shroud

needs two yards of land

zameen (9)

ground, earth, land

desire, aspiration

inteha (3)

ending, finale

insaan (11)

human

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11 / 11: insaan

aqaa’ed vahm hai mazhab

khayaal-e-khaam hai saaqi

azal se zehn-e-insaan

basta-e-auhaam hai saaqi

religion but a fanciful belief

a string of delusions

forever the human mind has been

hostage to a bundle of superstitions

1971: Padma Shri

2013: Commemorative Stamp India

vahm (2)

illusion, suspicion, fear

mazhab (5)

religion

khayaal (14)

thoughts

saaqi (6)

wine-pourer, bartender

azal (3)

eternity, from beginning

zehn (4)

mind

insaan (11)

human

basta (1)

bundle

auhaam (1)

superstition

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