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

ulfat

love, friendship, affection

1 / 6: ulfat

qaid-e-mazhab se tere

paaband-e-ulfat hain bari

kya gharaz kyun jaayen

suu-e-kaaba-o-butkhaana hum

your love is shackled

by the prison of religion

why bother, why should we go

to the mosque or the temple

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qaid (4)

imprisoned, captive

mazhab (5)

religion

bound, confined

ulfat (6)

love, friendship, affection

gharaz (4)

self-interest, purpose

kaaba (3)

holy mosque in Mecca

temple, place of idols

Theme: Religion, Reason & Tradition (63)

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2 / 6: ulfat

na kaafir se khalwat

na zaahid se ulfat

hum ik bazm mein thay

ye sab se judaa the

neither intimacy with the infidel

nor affection for the pious

present in the same gathering

but i remained apart from them all

kaafir (3)

infidel, disbeliever

loneliness / intimacy

zaahid (6)

priest, pious person

ulfat (6)

love, friendship, affection

bazm (11)

assembly, gathering

sab (10)

all

judaa (2)

separated

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3 / 6: ulfat

tujhe kuchh ishq-o-ulfat

ke siva bhi yaad hai, aye dil

sunaaye ja raha hai

ek hi afsaana barson se

do you remember anything besides

love and longing, my heart?

you've been recounting

the same old fable for ages

ishq (36)

love

ulfat (6)

love, friendship, affection

yaad (27)

memory, remember

dil (73)

heart

story, tale, fiction

barson (4)

years

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4 / 6: ulfat

ulfat ki nayi manzil pe chala

baahein Daal ke baahon mein

dil toDne waale, dekh ke chal

hum bhi to paDe hain raahon mein

treading the path of a new romance

entwined in the arms of someone new

oh breaker of hearts, walk with care

i lie, broken, along the road you take

ulfat (6)

love, friendship, affection

nayi (4)

new

manzil (22)

goal, destination

baahon (1)

arms

dil (73)

heart

chal (3)

moving, walking

raahon (2)

streets, path

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5 / 6: ulfat

jurm-e-ulfat pe hamen

log saza dete hain

kaise naadaan hain

shoalon ko hawa dete hain

people punish me

for my crime of love

how naive they are…

stoking the flames more

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jurm (4)

crime

ulfat (6)

love, friendship, affection

saza (4)

punishment

naive, foolish, witless

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6 / 6: ulfat

ulfat mein baraabar hai

wafa ho ki jafa ho

har baat mein lazzat hai

agar dil mein mazaa ho

loyalty and tyranny

both are equals in love

when there is joy in the heart

every (spoken) word is delightful

ulfat (6)

love, friendship, affection

equal, equivalent

lazzat (6)

pleasure, joy, delight

dil (73)

heart

mazaa (5)

fun, delight

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