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2 Urdu couplets and shers with gardish

gardish(f): revolving, rotating

Description of gardish: Gardish is an Urdu word meaning rotation, revolution, or circulation, often denoting the cyclical motion of celestial bodies, time, or fate. Unlike chakkar, which implies a mere spin or loop, gardish evokes a broader cosmic or existential orbit. Differs from dawaran, as it carries poetic connotations of inevitable wandering or vicissitudes of life. In Urdu poetry, it symbolizes life's relentless turns, as in verses lamenting fortune's unpredictable cycles.

1 / 2: gardish

raat din gardish mein hain saath aasmaan

ho rahega kuchh na kuchh

ghabrayen kya

day and night the seven skies

keep rotating and revolving

something or else keeps happening

why be so panicked

Mirza Ghalib (63)

aasmaan (m) (17)

sky

gardish (f) (2)

revolving, rotating

ghabrayen (1)

worried, panicked

Theme: Nature, World & Universe (50)

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2 / 2: gardish

saaghar hi ki gardish aankhon mein saaqi hi ki suurat pesh-e-nazar

maikhaane meN itnaa hosh kise

kab shaam gaee kab aaee sahar

only the circling wine cup filled my sight,

the wine-pourer's face eclipsed all else

in the tavern who has such awareness

to notice the night fading into day?

Shiv Prasad Vashist (1)

saaghar (m) (4)

goblet, wine cup

gardish (f) (2)

revolving, rotating

aankhon (m) (12)

eyes

saaqi (f) (10)

wine-pourer, bartender

suurat (f) (2)

face

nazar (f) (32)

perspective, sight

maikhaane (m) (4)

taverns

hosh (f) (8)

consciousness

shaam (f) (21)

evening

sahar (f) (8)

dawn

Theme: Creativity, Philosophy, & Enlightenment (40)

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