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

sab: all

1 / 12: sab

rah gayi hai kuch kami tokya shikaayat hai 'faheem'?

is jahaan mein sab adhuure hain

mukammal kaun hai?

if you lack something,

why complain so much, faheem?

in this world, everyone is incomplete,

who is perfect?

Faheem Gorakhpuri (6)
kami (3)

short of

complaint, protest

jahaan (16)

world, universe

sab (12)

all

incomplete

complete, full, entire

Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (122)

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2 / 12: sab

jab se dekhi ‘nazir’

dil ki kitaab

the meaning of all books

became evident

when i read, ‘nazir’,

the volume of my heart

sab (12)

all

khul (4)

open

maani (4)

meaning

dil (94)

heart

kitaab (5)

book

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3 / 12: sab

har ghar mein bas

ek hi kamra kam hai

everyone is just

one step away from happiness

every home is short of

just one room

2007: Padma Bhushan

2013: Sahitya Akademi Award

sab (12)

all

khushi (8)

happiness

faasla (6)

distance

qadam (4)

step

kamra (2)

room

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4 / 12: sab

zara si der mein

kya ho gaya zamaane ko

after burying me, they walked away

without a greeting or a prayer

what has happened to the world

in such a short time

dabaa (2)

bury, suppress

qabr (5)

grave, tomb

sab (12)

all

chal (4)

moving, walking

dua (11)

blessing, prayer

salaam (5)

greeting, farewell

in the world

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5 / 12: sab

aao na ham bhi sair karen

koh-e-tur ki

why should everyone

get the same answer

come, let’s go explore

the mountain of sinai

farz (1)

duty, obligation

sab (12)

all

jawaab (6)

answer, reply

sair (1)

excursion, jaunt

koh (4)

mountain

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6 / 12: sab

aisa bhi koi hai ki

sab achchha kahein jise

ghalib, don't mind if

the cleric finds you sinful

is there anyone at all

the whole world deems virtuous?

bura (3)

bad

waiz (2)

preacher, holy man

sab (12)

all

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7 / 12: sab

gar aap khud khush ho to

sab ko khush kar sakte hain

by grace, kindness is

found in the heart

if you are happy yourself…

you can make others happy

Anonymous

kindness

karam (9)

kindness, grace, favor

dil (94)

heart

aap (10)

respectful 'you'

khud (20)

myself

khush (9)

happy

sab (12)

all

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8 / 12: sab

hum ik bazm mein thay

ye sab se judaa thay

not tied to the heretic,

not bound to the pious

present in the same gathering

but apart from them all

kaafir (5)

infidel, disbeliever

loneliness / intimacy

zaahid (7)

priest, pious person

ulfat (7)

love, friendship, affection

bazm (11)

assembly, gathering

sab (12)

all

judaa (2)

separated

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9 / 12: sab

jab se tu bichhDa hai

tab se aish sab gham ho gaya

with you beside me, my love,

even pain felt like joy

but from the moment you left

ever joy has turned into sorrow

dukh (6)

sorrow, grief

aish (6)

fun, frolic

disperse, part way

tab (2)

pain, shining

sab (12)

all

gham (18)

sorrow, sadness

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10 / 12: sab

mard ka eitbaar

khoti hai

poverty robs

all seasons of their beauty

and it strips man

of his dignity and trust

poverty, destitution

sab (12)

all

bahaar (12)

spring

khoti (1)

lost, diminished in value

mard (4)

man, men

faith, belief

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11 / 12: sab

usi ka sab hai jalva jo

jahaan mein aashkaaraa hai

in every direction i see

my dear krishna is there

all the splendour revealed

in this world is his alone

jahaan (16)

world, universe

pyaara (2)

beloved

sab (12)

all

jalva (2)

radiance, luminescence

manifest, revealed

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12 / 12: sab

wan ek khaamoshi teri

sab ke jawaab mein

millions of words

in turmoil on my lip

and your reply for them all

is just silence

lab (18)

lip, lips

sukhan (8)

speech, spoken words

silence

sab (12)

all

jawaab (6)

answer, reply

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