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1 Urdu couplets and shers with saaneha

saaneha(m): incident, disaster

Description of saaneha: Saaneha is an Urdu noun meaning an occurrence, incident, event, accident, or disaster, often implying something sudden or tragic that profoundly impacts life. Unlike a mere happening, it evokes a heavy emotional rupture, splitting time into before and after with uninvited silence. Differs from everyday events by its abrupt, transformative weight, sometimes carrying connotations of misfortune or bad news. In poetry, as in Shahryar’s “Ajeeb saaneha mujh par guzar gaya

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ajeeb saaneha mujh parguzar gaya yaaro

main apne saaye se kal raat

Dar gaya yaaro

a strange incident happened

to me last night, my friends

i got scared

of my own shadow

Shahryar (11)

1987: Sahitya Akademi

2008: Jnanpith

ajeeb (8)

strange, weird

saaneha (m) (1)

incident, disaster

saaye (m) (1)

shadow

Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (118)

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