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2 Urdu couplets and shers with ahvaal

ahvaal(m): condition, state

Description of ahvaal: Ahvaal is a masculine plural noun in Urdu meaning states, conditions, events, circumstances, or personal affairs, often used to inquire about someone's well-being or recent happenings. Unlike haal, which denotes a singular current state or immediate situation, ahvaal encompasses multiple or ongoing conditions. Differs from sarguzasht, a narrative of life's past events or biography, by focusing more on present reports or news. In literary usage, Sufi poetry evokes ahvaal as

1 / 2: ahvaal

woh bhi sar-e-maqtal hai ki sach jis ka tha shaahid

aur waaqif-e-ahvaal-e-adaalat

bhi bahut thi

even they were at the site of execution

who bore witness to the truth

and she too was familiar

with the system of justice

Parveen Shakir (16)

sar (m) (8)

front, top, head

sach (m) (8)

truth

shaahid (m) (3)

witness

waaqif (m) (3)

aware of, familiar

ahvaal (m) (2)

condition, state

adaalat (f) (1)

court of law

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2 / 2: ahvaal

arz-e-ahvaal ko gila samjhe

kya kaha main ne

aap kya samjhe

describing my condition

sounds a complaint to you

i say one thing,

you construe something else

Dagh Dehlvi (11)

arz (m) (2)

petition, plea

ahvaal (m) (2)

condition, state

gila (m) (9)

fault, complaint

samjhe (10)

to understand

aap (12)

respectful 'you'

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