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2 Urdu couplets and shers with safinon

safinon(m): boats

Description of safinon: Safinon is the Urdu plural form of safin, denoting ships or vessels, evoking large seafaring crafts built for oceanic voyages. Unlike smaller boats confined to rivers or lakes, safinon traverse vast seas enduring tempests and distances. Differs from land-bound caravans, these majestic entities symbolize human ambition conquering watery expanses. In Urdu poetry, safinon often metaphorically represent life's tumultuous journeys toward distant shores of fate.

1 / 2: safinon

hausla hai tosafinon ke alam lahraao

bahte dariyaa to chalenge

isi raftaar ke saath

if you have the courage

unfurl the sails of your boat

the flowing river

will continue at its own pace

Abbas Alvi (1)
hausla (m) (6)

valor, courage

safinon (m) (2)

boats

alam (m) (2)

flag, sail, pain, affliction

lahraao (1)

wave, unfurl

dariyaa (m) (14)

river

raftaar (f) (3)

fast, speed

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2 / 2: safinon

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 (m) (9)

storm, cyclone

saahil (m) (5)

shore, coast

qaid (m) (5)

imprisoned, captive

safinon (m) (2)

boats

broken, battered.

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