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

dost: friend

1 / 8: dost

tum takalluf ko bhiikhlaas samajhte ho 'faraz'

dost hota nahin

har haath milaane waala

you mistake a gesture of formality

for sincere affection, 'faraz'

not every one who shakes your hand

is a friend

Ahmad Faraz (21)
takalluf (3)

formality

sincerity

understand, deem

dost (8)

friend

haath (10)

hand

Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (130)

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2 / 8: dost

koyi dushman bhi tera

hai ki naheen?

your friends always

hide all your faults

do you have enemies

or no?

dost (8)

friend

aib (2)

fault, flaw, vice

chhupa (1)

hide, conceal

enemy

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3 / 8: dost

dushman bhi mere haal pe

ab aab-deeda hai

if you can’t pity me,

my friend, what can i do?

for even the enemy weeps,

listening to my fate

dost (8)

friend

rahm (1)

mercy, pity, compassion

enemy

haal (16)

plight, condition

aab (3)

water

deeda (4)

eyes, sight

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4 / 8: dost

mohabbat kya karenge

dost dushman dekhne waale

in the eyes of nature

flowers and thorns are the same

how can one ever love, thinking

in terms of friends and foes

spring, nature

nazar (30)

perspective, sight

phool (13)

flowers, flower

equal, equivalent

love

dost (8)

friend

enemy

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5 / 8: dost

chaahat ki is had par, yaarab,

hum to deewaane lagte hain

why do new acquaintances

seem like old friends to us

affection to this extent, oh god,

makes us look a little mad

dost (8)

friend

old

longing, desire

crazy, mad people

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6 / 8: dost

wahi andaaz hai

zaalim ka zamaane wala

though being my friend

he does not stand by me

just like the way

the heartless world always behaves

dost (8)

friend

andaaz (10)

mannerism, style

zaalim (8)

oppressor, tyrant

in the world

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7 / 8: dost

tu dost hai to naseehat

na kar khuda ke liye

my conscience is enough

for my punishment

if you are my friend,

for god’s sake, don’t give me advice

zameer (1)

conscience

bahut (20)

too much or many

sazaa (1)

punishment

dost (8)

friend

advice, counsel

khuda (30)

god

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8 / 8: dost

ye kya kiya ki

dost ko dushman bana diya

you shouldn't have expressed

your love to her, shefta

look what you've done,

turned a friend into an enemy

izhaar (5)

express, announce

ishq (34)

love

dost (8)

friend

enemy

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