1 Urdu couplets and shers with ghamaDpan
ghamaDpan(m): stubborn foolishness
Description of ghamaDpan: GhamaDpan refers to stubborn foolishness or obtuse stupidity, embodying a persistent dullness of mind that resists enlightenment. Unlike mere absent-mindedness, it denotes a willful, entrenched idiocy that defies correction. Differs from simple murkhta, or basic stupidity, by its rigid, unyielding quality akin to a blockhead's demeanor. In Fehmida Riaz's poem "Tum bilkul ham jaise nikle," it critiques societal folly: "wo murakhta wo ghamadpan jis meñ ham ne sad? ganv??," lamenting
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woh murakhta woh ghamaDpan
jis mein hum ne sadi ganwaayi
you turned out just like us, brother
where were you hiding all this while?
that stupidity, that stubbornness
in which we wasted decades
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