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

maikhaane: taverns and Urdu couplets and shers with maikhaane

1 / 3: maikhaane

duur se aaye thay, saaqi sun ke maikhaane ko hum

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

Nazeer Akbarabadi (9)

duur (m) (7)

distant, far away

saaqi (f) (9)

wine-pourer, bartender

maikhaane (m) (3)

taverns

taraste (m) (2)

long for, thirst

afsos (m) (1)

regret, sorrow

Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (65)

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2 / 3: maikhaane

masjid mein bulaate hain hamein 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?

Anonymous

masjid (m) (6)

mosque

zaahid (m) (7)

priest, pious person

fahm (m) (3)

belief, comprehension

hosh (f) (7)

consciousness

maikhaane (m) (3)

taverns

Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (70)

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3 / 3: maikhaane

'zauq' jo madaraase ke bigDe hue hain mullah

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

Shaikh Ibrahim Zauq (6)

spoilt, ruined

mullah (m) (2)

priest, learned, pious

maikhaane (m) (3)

taverns

sanwar (m) (2)

correct, reform, rectify

Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (70)

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