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3 Urdu ash'ar / shaayari (shers, couplets) containing the word:

maikhaane: taverns

1 / 3: maikhaane

masjid mein bulaate hainhamein zaahid-e-na-fahm

hota kuch agar hosh to

maikhaane na jaate

the foolish preacher

invites me into the mosque

if i have any sense, won’t i

find my way to the taverns?

Ameer Minai (2)
masjid (5)

mosque

zaahid (7)

priest, pious person

fahm (3)

belief, comprehension

hosh (6)

consciousness

taverns

Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (67)

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2 / 3: maikhaane

un ko maikhaane mein le aao

sanwar jaayenge

zauq, those priests

ruined by religious schools

bring them to the tavern

so they can be reformed

bigDe (1)

spoilt, ruined

mullah (2)

priest, learned, pious

taverns

sanwar (2)

correct, reform, rectify

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3 / 3: maikhaane

bas taraste hi chale afsos

paimaane ko hum

we came from afar, o cupbearer,

hearing of your tavern

and, regretfully, we kept

thirsting for a single cup

duur (7)

distant, far away

saaqi (8)

wine-pourer, bartender

taverns

long for, thirst

afsos (1)

regret, sorrow

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