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6 Urdu ash'ar / shaayari (shers, couplets) containing the word:

band: string, hostage, captive

1 / 6: band

andar ki duniya se rabt baDhao ‘aanis’

baahar khulne waali

khiDki band padi hai

build a closer bond

with the world within, aanis,

to the world outside

the window is closed shut

inside

world

rabt (1)

bond, connection, intimacy

increase

window

band (6)

string, hostage, captive

Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (64)

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2 / 6: band

band ho jaata hai kuuze mein kabhi dariyaa bhi

aur kabhi qatra samundar mein

badal jaata hai

even a river can get

trapped and confined in a jar

and, a drop of water can get

transformed when part of an ocean

Faryad Aazar (1)

band (6)

string, hostage, captive

jar

kabhi (25)

on occasion

river

drop, drop of water

sea, ocean

change

Theme: Nature, World & Universe (49)

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3 / 6: band

qaid-e-hayaat o band-e-gham asl me dono ek hai

maut se pahle aadmi

gham se najaat paaye kyun

the prison of life and

the chain of sorrow are the same

why should we seek

release from grief before dying?

Mirza Ghalib (63)

qaid (5)

imprisoned, captive

life

band (6)

string, hostage, captive

gham (19)

sorrow, sadness

asl (1)

actually, in reality

maut (4)

death

before

freedom, deliverance

Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (123)

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4 / 6: band

kya badan hoga ki jis ke kholte jaame ka band

barg-e-gul ki tarah

har naakhun moattar ho gaya

what body it must be

when i untie the drawstrings

like the petals of a flower

my nails smell of perfume too

Inamullah Khan Yaqeen (4)

body

clothing

band (6)

string, hostage, captive

barg (1)

leaf, petal

gul (19)

flower

nails

fragrant, perfumed

Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (104)

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5 / 6: band

raah-e-mazmuun-e-taaza band naheen

taa qayaamat khula hai

baab-e-sukhan

the path to fresh ideas

is never sealed shut

the door to new expression

is open till doomsday

raah (23)

street, path

idea, theme, subject

fresh, new

band (6)

string, hostage, captive

catastrophe, apocalypse

baab (2)

door

speech, spoken words

Theme: Creativity, Philosophy, & Enlightenment (38)

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6 / 6: band

band ahkaam-e-aql mein rahnaa

ye bhi ik nau ki

himaaqat hai

to be a hostage to

reason's dictates

is also a kind of

foolishness

Khwaja Meer Dard (4)

band (6)

string, hostage, captive

dictates, fiats

aql (6)

reason, intellect

nau (1)

type, kind

foolishness

Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (69)

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Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (109)

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