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7 Urdu couplets and shers with aankhen

aankhen: eyes

1 / 7: aankhen

hota hai raaz-e-ishq-o-mohabbatunhi se faash

aankhen zubaan naheen hain

magar bezubaan naheen

the secret of love

is revealed through them

eyes are not tongues

but not voiceless either

Asghar Gondvi (3)
raaz (m) (3)

secret

faash (f) (1)

reveal, expose

aankhen (m) (7)

eyes

zubaan (m) (8)

speech, tongue

magar (25)

yet, but

bezubaan (m) (1)

voiceless, speechless

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2 / 7: aankhen

insaan ke sach jhoot

ki pehchaan hain aankhen

no matter what the lips say

the reality is not revealed

the eyes are the real markers

of truth and lies

1971: Padma Shri

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lab (m) (19)

lip, lips

haqeeqat (f) (7)

reality, fact

khulta (2)

open

insaan (m) (12)

human

pehchaan (m) (2)

identify, recognize

aankhen (m) (7)

eyes

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3 / 7: aankhen

kab tak naqaab

rukh se uThaayi na jaayegi

god has given us eyes

to view the beauty of the beloved

how long will the veil

not be lifted from the face

aankhen (m) (7)

eyes

khuda (m) (31)

god

husn (m) (19)

beauty

yaar (m) (19)

friend, beloved

naqaab (m) (5)

face veil

rukh (m) (13)

face, direction

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4 / 7: aankhen

ye jaam-e-mai tha ya koyi

dariyaa-e-noor tha?

soon as he sipped the wine, o cup-bearer,

the preacher was awakened

was that a goblet of wine, or

radiant river of light?

vaaiz (m) (4)

priest, holy man

aankhen (m) (7)

eyes

khul (4)

open

jaam (m) (10)

wine cup, goblet

mai (f) (7)

spirit, wine

dariyaa (m) (13)

river

noor (m) (10)

light, radiance

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5 / 7: aankhen

aankhen vo paDh rahi hain

jo tahreer bhi nahin

how strange are these

love letters

the eyes read even when

there is no writing

ishq (m) (34)

love

khutoot (m) (2)

letter, writings

ajeeb (m) (7)

strange, weird

aankhen (m) (7)

eyes

tahreer (m) (1)

writing

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6 / 7: aankhen

muraaqabe mein

bata subh-o-shaam kya dekha

someone ask the holy man

as to what he saw

when he closed his eyes

in meditation from dawn to dusk

shaikh (m) (5)

holy man, scholar

aankhen (m) (7)

eyes

muraaqabe (m) (1)

in meditation

bata (9)

speak, tell

subh (m) (7)

morning, dawn

shaam (m) (20)

evening

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7 / 7: aankhen

tera aansu mere

rumaal mein aa jata hai

my eyes are aware

of your weeping

and your tears find

their way into my handkerchief

khabar (f) (11)

news, awareness

aankhen (m) (7)

eyes

aansu (m) (6)

tears

rumaal (m) (1)

handkerchief

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