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2 Urdu couplets and shers with daag

daag(m): scar

Description of daag: Daag is an Urdu word meaning a stain, blemish, or mark, often symbolizing moral or emotional impurity. Unlike temporary dirt that washes away easily, daag implies a persistent discoloration on fabric or skin. Differs from kala, which denotes blackness, daag specifically evokes a spot or blotch. In poetry, it metaphorically represents heartbreak's indelible scar, as in Ghalib's verses on love's enduring wounds.

1 / 2: daag

kaleje mein hazaaron daag dil mein hasratein laakhon

kamaayi le chala hoon

saath apne zindagi bhar ki

so many scars in my heart,

countless unmet desires

these gains i carry with me

through my whole life

Ameer Qazalbash (4)

kaleje (m) (1)

heart, chest

hazaaron (4)

thousands

daag (m) (2)

scar

hasratein (f) (2)

desires, mostly unmet

laakhon (m) (2)

hundreds of thousands

kamaayi (f) (1)

earnings, gain

zindagi (f) (41)

life

Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (132)

2 / 2: daag

aata hai daag-e-hasrat-e-dil ka shumaar yaad

mujh se mere gunaah ka hisaab

aye khuda, na maang

the painful scars of unmet desires

keep coming to my mind

don't from me also ask, oh god,

an account of my sins

Mirza Ghalib (64)

daag (m) (2)

scar

hasrat (f) (11)

desire, mostly unmet

dil (m) (112)

heart

shumaar (m) (2)

count, tally

yaad (m) (35)

memory, remember

gunaah (m) (2)

sins, crimes

hisaab (m) (3)

count, account

khuda (m) (31)

god

maang (f) (3)

ask, seek

Theme: Hopes, Aspirations, & Dreams (38)

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