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2 Urdu couplets and shers with zindaan

zindaan(m): prison, jail

Description of zindaan: Zindaan is an Urdu word meaning a prison, dungeon, or jail, often evoking images of dark, oppressive confinement. Unlike modern prisons with regulated systems, zindaan typically refers to archaic, foreboding stone cells from historical tales. Differs from 'qaidkhana,' which implies a formal lockup, as zindaan carries a more poetic sense of torment and isolation. In Urdu poetry, it symbolizes emotional captivity, as in Ghalib's verses on love's chains.

1 / 2: zindaan

sahn-e-chaman hai gosha-e-zindaan tere baghair

maamoora-e-hayaat hai veeraan

tere baghair

the garden's expanse feels

like a stifling prison without you

this life of abundance seems

a wasteland without you

Andaleeb Shadani (1)

sahn (m) (1)

courtyard

chaman (m) (9)

garden

gosha (m) (1)

corner, nook

zindaan (m) (2)

prison, jail

baghair (4)

without

maamoora (m) (1)

inhabited world

hayaat (f) (5)

life

veeraan (m) (3)

desolate, empty

Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (132)

2 / 2: zindaan

ehsaas tujh ko hoga zindaan ka rafta rafta

tujh par khulegi

teri zanjeer rafta rafta

you will realize the

prison around you, slowly, slowly

the shackles around your feet

will become apparent, slowly, slowly

Rajesh Reddy (4)

zanjeer (m) (7)

shackles, chains

ehsaas (m) (4)

feeling, experience

zindaan (m) (2)

prison, jail

rafta rafta (1)

slowly slowly, gradually

khulegi (1)

become apparent

Theme: Oppression, Rebellion, & Freedom (70)

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