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

qaid: imprisoned, captive

1 / 4: qaid

achchha ye karam hum petu sayyaad kare hai

par noch ke ab qaid se

aazaad kare hai

strange is this favor

you do to me, my captor

first you tear my wings

and then you set me free

Rifat (1)
aazaad (5)

free, freed

karam (9)

kindness, grace, favor

captor, hunter

par (15)

wings, feathers / upon

noch (1)

clip, tear

qaid (4)

imprisoned, captive

Theme: Oppression, Rebellion, & Freedom (57)

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2 / 4: qaid

kya gharaz kyun jaayen

suu-e-kaaba-o-butkhaana hum

your love is shackled

by the prison of religion

why bother going to

mosque or temple

qaid (4)

imprisoned, captive

mazhab (5)

religion

bound, confined

ulfat (7)

love, friendship, affection

gharaz (4)

self-interest, purpose

kaaba (3)

holy mosque in Mecca

temple, place of idols

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3 / 4: qaid

meri shikasta naav hai

toofan liye hue

the piers on the shore

are for lakhs of boats

but my battered boat

is for the storm ahead

toofan (8)

storm, cyclone

saahil (4)

shore, coast

qaid (4)

imprisoned, captive

boats

broken, battered.

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4 / 4: qaid

closeness

distances

qaid (4)

imprisoned, captive

azaadi (2)

freedom

hadon (1)

boundaries

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