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

aankhen: eyes

1 / 7: aankhen

ye ishq ke khutoot bhikitne ajeeb hain

aankhen vo paDh rahi hain

jo tahreer bhi nahin

how strange are these

love letters

the eyes read even when

there is no writing

Nafas (1)
ishq (35)

love

letter, writings

ajeeb (7)

strange, weird

eyes

writing

Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (113)

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2 / 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 (3)

holy man, scholar

eyes

in meditation

bata (9)

speak, tell

subh (7)

morning, dawn

shaam (18)

evening

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3 / 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 (11)

news, awareness

eyes

aansu (6)

tears

rumaal (1)

handkerchief

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4 / 7: aankhen

aankhen zubaan naheen hain

magar bezubaan naheen

the secret of love

is revealed through them

eyes are not tongues

but not voiceless either

raaz (3)

secret

faash (1)

reveal, expose

eyes

zubaan (8)

speech, tongue

magar (23)

yet, but

voiceless, speechless

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5 / 7: aankhen

ye jaam-e-mai tha ya koyi

dariya-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 (4)

priest, holy man

eyes

khul (4)

open

jaam (10)

wine cup, goblet

mai (6)

spirit, liquor

dariya (12)

river

noor (10)

light, radiance

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6 / 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

eyes

khuda (29)

god

husn (19)

beauty

yaar (19)

friend, beloved

naqaab (4)

face veil

rukh (13)

face, direction

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7 / 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

2013: Commemorative Stamp India

lab (18)

lip, lips

reality, fact

khulta (2)

open

insaan (12)

human

identify, recognize

eyes

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