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2 Urdu couplets and shers with majboor

majboor(m): helpless, compelled

Description of majboor: Majboor is an Urdu word meaning "forced," "compelled," or "helpless," describing a state of being constrained by circumstances beyond one's control. Unlike majbur , it conveys emotional distress from unavoidable necessity. Differs from bebas , as majboor implies agency stifled by external pressures. In Urdu poetry, like Ghalib's ghazals, it evokes the lover's tormented surrender to fate.

1 / 2: majboor

gham-e-zamaana ne majboor kar diya warna

ye aarzoo thi ki

bas teri aarzoo karte

the sorrows of the world

have made me helpless

else, my only desire

was to desire only you

Akhtar Shirani (1)

gham (m) (19)

sorrow, sadness

zamaana (m) (7)

world, age, days

majboor (m) (2)

helpless, compelled

warna (4)

orelse

aarzoo (m) (17)

desire

Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (118)

2 / 2: majboor

donon ka milna mushkil hai donon hain majboor bahut

us ke paanv mein mehndi lagi hai

mere paanv mein chhaale hain

it is difficult for us both to meet

both of us were helpless much

now there is mehndi on her feet

and blisters on mine

Ameeq Hanafi (2)

mushkil (m) (8)

difficult, hard

majboor (m) (2)

helpless, compelled

mehndi (f) (1)

henna (esp. for brides)

Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (118)

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