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panaah(m): refuge

Description of panaah: Panaah is an Urdu word meaning shelter, refuge, or protection, often invoked in contexts of seeking divine or human sanctuary from harm. Unlike temporary havens that offer mere physical cover, panaah implies a profound, encompassing safeguard for one's life and well-being. It differs from English "refuge" by carrying deeper emotional and spiritual connotations of unwavering guardianship. In Urdu poetry, lovers plead, "Teri panaah mein humein rakhna," beseeching a beloved's eternal

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tere siwa bhi kaheen thi panaah bhool gaye

nikal ke hum teri mehfil se

raah bhool gaye

there was a refuge besides you

but i forgot

coming out of your gathering

i lost my way

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panaah (m) (1)

refuge

bhool (f) (15)

forget, mistake

nikal (9)

come out, emerge

mehfil (f) (17)

gathering, concert

raah (m) (23)

street, path

Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (118)

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