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2 Urdu couplets and shers with tawajjoh

tawajjoh(m): attention, interest

Description of tawajjoh: Tawajjoh is an Urdu noun meaning focused attention, spiritual concentration, or kindly regard, derived from the Arabic root "wajh" , implying turning one's face or focus toward something or someone. Unlike mere casual notice, it conveys deep, intentional engagement often with emotional or spiritual depth. Differs from simple "attention" by encompassing favor, kindness, or Sufi heart-to-heart energy transmission. In poetry, it evokes longing, as in "dil ki taraf 'shakil' tawajjoh

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kyun mast-e-sharaab-e-aish-o-tarab takleef-e-tawajjoh farmaayen

aawaz-e-shikast-e-dil hi to hai

aawaz-e-shikast-e-jaam nahin

why draw needless attention to

the joy and elation inspired by wine

that sound is only of the heart breaking

not that of the (wine) goblet breaking

Jigar Moradabadi (13)

1959: Sahitya Akademi

sharaab (m) (14)

wine, liquor, drink

mast (m) (2)

intoxication, carefree

tawajjoh (m) (2)

attention, interest

tarab (m) (2)

ecstasy, high emotion

shikast (m) (4)

broken, defeated

jaam (m) (10)

wine cup, goblet

Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (66)

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tawajjoh chaaragar ki baaes-e-takleef hai 'bekhud'

izaafa hai museebat mein

dawaaon ka asar karna

the attention of the healer is

the cause of more torment, ‘bekhud’

the medicine having effect

adds to my misery

Abbas Ali Khan Bekhud (1)

tawajjoh (m) (2)

attention, interest

chaaragar (m) (2)

healer, doctor, physician

baaes (m) (1)

cause, basis

takleef (m) (1)

trouble, pain, misery

izaafa (m) (1)

addition

Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (118)

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