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1 Urdu couplets and shers with gumshudgi

gumshudgi(f): being lost, disappearance

Description of gumshudgi: Gumshudgi means disappearance or the state of being lost. It refers to vanishing from sight, becoming hidden, or ceasing to appear. Unlike ordinary absence, gumshudgi carries a sense of mystery and complete removal from view. Differs from simple forgetting, as it emphasizes physical or metaphorical vanishing rather than mental lapse. In Urdu poetry, the word evokes profound longing, as when lovers describe how beloved ones guide the way through their

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gumshudgi hi asl mein yaaronraah-numaayi karti hai

raah dikhaane wale pehle

barson raah bhaTakte hain

it is the state of being lost

friends, that guides the way

those who show the path

themselves wandered for years

Hafeez Banarasi (2)
gumshudgi (f) (1)

being lost, disappearance

yaaron (m) (3)

friends

raah (m) (23)

street, path

numaayi (f) (1)

showing, manifestation

dikhaane (m) (3)

shown

pehle (5)

before

barson (m) (4)

years

lost

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