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1 Urdu couplets and shers with mujrim

mujrim(m): criminal

Description of mujrim: Mujrim is an Urdu word meaning a criminal or offender, referring to someone guilty of a crime or moral transgression. Unlike a gunehgaar, which implies a sinner in a religious sense, mujrim denotes a legal culprit facing societal or judicial punishment. It differs from apradhi, a more neutral term for wrongdoer, by carrying stronger connotations of proven guilt. In Urdu poetry, mujrim evokes the tragic anti-hero, burdened by fate's injustice.

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subh ke takht-nasheen shaam ke mujrim tahre

hum ne pal bhar mein

naseebon ko badalte dekha

those enthroned in the morn

were declared criminals by dusk

we have, in a blink,

seen fortunes reversed

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mujrim (m) (1)

criminal

pal (m) (7)

moment, nurture

naseebon (m) (1)

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badalte (4)

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