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5 Urdu couplets and shers with lafz

lafz: word, syllable

1 / 5: lafz

ik lafz-e-mohabbat kaaadnaa ye fasaanaa hai

simTe to dil-e-aashiq

phaile to zamaana hai

this is the humble tale

of that one word: love

folded in, it is the lover's heart

spread out, it is the whole world

Jigar Moradabadi (13)

1959: Sahitya Akademi

lafz (m) (5)

word, syllable

mohabbat (f) (41)

love

adnaa (m) (1)

humble, lowly

simTe (1)

contract, shrink

dil (m) (106)

heart

aashiq (m) (5)

lover, fan

phaile (1)

expand, spread out

zamaana (m) (7)

world, age, days

Theme: Nature, World & Universe (50)

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2 / 5: lafz

aur us ke lafz bhi thay

chaandni mein bikhre hue

he was smiling and

saying something, ‘shumar’

and his words too…

were scattered with moonlight

smile

lafz (m) (5)

word, syllable

chaandni (f) (4)

moonlight

bikhre (1)

scattered, dispersed

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3 / 5: lafz

aisi boli wohi bole

jise urdu aaye

when she speaks, from every word

a delightful fragrance

she speaks like those

who know urdu

lafz (m) (5)

word, syllable

khushboo (m) (1)

fragrance

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4 / 5: lafz

sach sach bata ye lafz

unhi ki zubaan ke hain

she and the promise of union

o messenger, it is not possible

tell me honestly, if these words

truly flowed from her tongue

vaada (m) (5)

promise

wasl (m) (7)

meeting, union

qaasid (m) (6)

messenger, envoy

sach (m) (4)

truth

bata (9)

speak, tell

lafz (m) (5)

word, syllable

zubaan (m) (8)

speech, tongue

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5 / 5: lafz

aare daleel-e-raah-e-haqeeqat

majaaz hai

without word, meaning is not

within mind’s reach

certainly, abstraction is the

beacon in the path of truth

maani (f) (4)

meaning

dark (m) (1)

understanding

lafz (m) (5)

word, syllable

aare (m) (1)

certainly, without doubt

raah (m) (23)

street, path

haqeeqat (f) (7)

reality, fact

majaaz (m) (1)

abstraction

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