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

raat: night

1 / 9: raat

jee DhoonDta hai phir wahifursat ke raat din

baiThe rahen

tasavvur-e-jaanan kiye hue

the heart keeps searching

for those days and nights of ease

sitting enmeshed

with the thoughts of my beloved

Mirza Ghalib (62)
jee (2)

heart, soul

search, look for

fursat (5)

leisure, freedom

raat (9)

night

imagination

jaanan (1)

beloved, sweetheart

Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (113)

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2 / 9: raat

kuchh ne kaha ye chaand hai

kuchh ne kaha chehra tera

‘twas full moon last night

with all the talk about you

some said it was the moon

others said it was you

raat (9)

night

shab (12)

evening, night

bhar (10)

fill

discussion

chaand (7)

moon

chehra (2)

face, countenance

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3 / 9: raat

hairat hai ki tu

mahv-e-tamaashaa naheen hota

day and night, the puppets

keep dancing here

wonder why you are not

absorbed in this spectacle

raat (9)

night

puppets

naach (2)

dance

rahe (19)

remain

hairat (3)

awe, wonder

mahv (2)

absorbed, charmed

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4 / 9: raat

wo log kaise sanwar jayen

jo tabaah nahin

from every night

a day dawns

how will they ever improve

who have not been destroyed

pahlu (3)

side

raat (9)

night

sanwar (2)

correct, reform, rectify

tabaah (2)

wasted, ruined

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5 / 9: raat

inheen se kaam chalao

baDi udaas hai raat

in these ruins, there are

a few broken lamps somewhere

make do with them

for this is quite a sad night

1969: Jnanpith

1997: India Commemorative Stamp

ruins

TuuTe (3)

broken, break

kaam (12)

work

udaas (5)

sad

raat (9)

night

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6 / 9: raat

raat ke pichle pehar

roz jagati hai hamen

your memory, sometimes as a knock

and sometimes as a whisper

wakes me up

in the wee hour, every night

1987: Sahitya Akademi

2008: Jnanpith

yaad (32)

memory, remember

kabhi (24)

on occasion

dastak (2)

knock (on the door)

whisper

raat (9)

night

pichle (1)

last

roz (12)

day, every day

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7 / 9: raat

phir chaahe aasmaan

jahannam mein Daal de

grant the heart-broken

a night of the joy of union

then cast the skies into hell,

if you so wish

raat (9)

night

dil (94)

heart

aish (6)

fun, frolic

visaal (4)

union, meeting

aasmaan (14)

sky

hell

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8 / 9: raat

tamaam raat parinde

zameen pe baiThe rahe

the tree was cut down, nasir

but such was the bond

all night long, the birds

sat on the ground below

trees, tree

raabte (1)

connections, bonds

tamaam (7)

entire, all, whole

raat (9)

night

zameen (10)

ground, earth, land

rahe (19)

remain

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9 / 9: raat

jaise gulshan mein nikhar jaaye

faza raat ke baad

after you speak

flowers bloom in my imagination

just as the garden brightens

after the night has passed

imagination

gul (17)

flower

garden

nikhar (1)

bloom

faza (3)

environment, expanse

raat (9)

night

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