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3 Urdu couplets and shers with muflisi

muflisi(f): poverty, destitution

Description of muflisi: Muflisi denotes extreme poverty, insolvency, or destitution in Urdu, capturing a state of severe financial hardship and lack of resources. Unlike milder terms like garibi , it emphasizes utter bankruptcy and helplessness. Differs from tangdasti , as muflisi implies total ruin rather than temporary scarcity. In Urdu poetry, it evokes pathos, as in proverbs like "muflisi aur faalse ka sharbat," depicting futile extravagance amid penury.

1 / 3: muflisi

mehangi sharaab ho gayi kaifi ne chhoD dii

kaafir ko muflisi ne

musalmaan banaa diya

wine has become so expensive

that kaifi has quit drinking

poverty has turned

an infidel into a believer

Chandar Bhan Kaifi Dehelvi (1)

mehanga (1)

expensive

sharaab (m) (14)

wine, liquor, drink

kaafir (m) (5)

infidel, disbeliever

muflisi (f) (3)

poverty, destitution

musalmaan (m) (2)

muslim

Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (70)

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2 / 3: muflisi

muflisi aur yeh mazaahir hain nazar ke saamne

saikDon sultan-e-jaabir hain

nazar ke saamne

these scenes of destitution

right in front of my eyes

countless despots of tyranny

right in front of my eyes

Asrarul Haq Majaz (6)

muflisi (f) (3)

poverty, destitution

mazaahir (m) (1)

sights, spectacles

nazar (f) (32)

perspective, sight

saamne (13)

in front of, opposite

saikDon (4)

many, hundreds

sultan (m) (2)

emperor

jaabir (m) (1)

oppressive, tyrannical

Theme: Oppression, Rebellion, & Freedom (61)

3 / 3: muflisi

muflisi sab bahaar khoti hai

mard ka eitbaar

khoti hai

poverty robs

all seasons of their beauty

and it strips man

of his dignity and trust

Wali Dakni (9)

muflisi (f) (3)

poverty, destitution

sab (13)

all

bahaar (f) (12)

spring

khoti (1)

lost, diminished in value

mard (m) (4)

man, men

eitbaar (m) (5)

faith, belief

Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (127)

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Miscellany (44)

Creativity, Philosophy, & Enlightenment (40)

Life, Learning, & Living (127)

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