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2 Urdu couplets and shers with rihaayi

rihaayi(f): freedom

Description of rihaayi: Rihaayi is an Urdu word meaning release, liberation, or relief from suffering, confinement, or emotional distress. Unlike temporary escape, it conveys profound emancipation from deep-seated pain or bondage. Differs from mere freedom by implying deliverance granted by another, often amid despair. In poetry and songs like A.R. Rahman's "Rihaayi De" from Mimi, it poignantly pleads for someone to provide solace from inner turmoil.

1 / 2: rihaayi

ye zindagi hai apni kabhi khush kabhi udaas

is kashmakash se mujh ko

khudaaya rihaayi de

this life of mine

sometimes joy, sometimes sorrow

from this constant oscillation

o god, give me relief

Zebunnisaa Zaibi (1)

zindagi (f) (43)

life

kabhi (28)

on occasion

khush (10)

happy

udaas (7)

sad

kashmakash (f) (2)

turmoil, inner conflict

khudaaya (1)

o god

rihaayi (f) (2)

freedom

Theme: Time, Life & Learning (135)

2 / 2: rihaayi

aashiyaan jal gaya gulsitaan lut gaya hum qafas se nikal kar kidhar jaayenge

itne manoos sayyaad se ho gaye

ab rihaayi milegi to mar jayenge

home burned, the garden destroyed

where will we go, getting out of the cage

having gotten accustomed to the captor

we will only die if we get freedom now

Raaz Allahabadi (3)

aashiyaan (f) (3)

home

jal (m) (5)

burn

qafas (m) (6)

cage, prison

nikal (9)

come out, emerge

manoos (m) (1)

habituated, get used to

sayyaad (m) (8)

captor, hunter

rihaayi (f) (2)

freedom

Theme: Oppression, Rebellion, & Freedom (65)

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