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2 Urdu couplets and shers with mukhaatab

mukhaatab: to address

Description of mukhaatab: Mukhaatab is an Urdu noun meaning a person spoken to, addressed, or titled, and in grammar, it denotes the second person pronoun referring to the one being directly spoken with. Unlike a passive listener, it implies active engagement or direct address in conversation. Differs from the first person or third person by focusing on the immediate interlocutor. In Urdu poetry, it evokes intimacy, as in "har ik ko hai gum?ñ

1 / 2: mukhaatab

jabeen par saadgi, neechi nigaahen baat mein narmi

mukhaatab kaun kar sakta hai

tum ko lafz-e-qaatil se

innocence on face, eyes lowered

dulcet softness in voice

how can anyone address you

with the word 'assassin’

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qaatil (m) (10)

murderer, assassin

jabeen (m) (3)

forehead, face

nigaahen (m) (2)

eyes, sight

narmi (f) (2)

gentle, soft, softness

mukhaatab (2)

to address

lafz / alfaaz (m) (1)

word / words

Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (109)

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2 / 2: mukhaatab

allah-re chashm-e-yaar ki mojiz-bayaaniyaan

har ek ko hai gumaan ke

mukhaatab hamin rahe

oh god, the miraculous expression

of the beloved's eyes

each one thinks he is

the only one being addressed

Asghar Gondvi (3)

allah (m) (5)

god

chashm (m) (3)

eyes

yaar (m) (19)

friend, beloved

mojiz (1)

miraculous

bayaaniyaan (f) (1)

expressions, narrations

gumaan (m) (5)

suspicion, doubt

mukhaatab (2)

to address

rahe (20)

remain

Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (109)

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