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2 Urdu couplets and shers with sheesha

sheesha(m): glass, mirror

Description of sheesha: Sheesha is an Urdu word, derived from Persian "sh?še" meaning glass, referring to a hookah or waterpipe used for smoking flavored tobacco. Unlike cigarettes, it involves passing smoke through water for cooling before inhalation, often shared socially in lounges. Differs from the tobacco itself, called mu'assel, which is molasses-based and heated in the device. In poetry, like the song "Sheesha," it evokes blushing shyness, as in "dekh dekh shisha sharmandi

1 / 2: sheesha

aaj tak dair-o-haram meintegh hi chaltee rahee

laakh humrindon ne chaahaa

sheesha-o-saaghar chalein

till today, in places of worship

only the sword ruled

though countless free spirits

longed for glasses and goblets

Asar Rampuri (1)
dair (m) (3)

holy place of Hindus

haram (m) (5)

sacred or holy place

tegh (m) (1)

sword, blade

laakh (m) (5)

hundred thousand

humrindon (m) (1)

revelers, free spirits

sheesha (m) (2)

glass, mirror

saaghar (m) (4)

goblet, wine cup

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2 / 2: sheesha

dil TuuTe

aawaaz na aaye

when the glass breaks,

so much noise

when the heart breaks,

not even a whisper

sheesha (m) (2)

glass, mirror

TuuTe (3)

broken, break

ghul (m) (1)

noise, tumult

dil (m) (109)

heart

aawaaz (m) (3)

voice

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