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kaleje(m): heart, chest

Description of kaleje: Kaleje , from Urdu, refers to the liver of an animal, often encompassing the liver, lungs, and heart collectively, akin to the anatomical term jigar-band. Unlike its literal organ meaning in everyday butchery or cuisine, it carries deep metaphorical weight in poetry. Differs from mere physical anatomy by symbolizing raw emotion, courage, or the seat of passion in lovers' laments. In Urdu ghazals, poets invoke "kaleje ke tukde" for heartbreak's

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kaleje mein hazaaron daag dil mein hasratein laakhon

kamaayi le chala hoon

saath apne zindagi bhar ki

so many scars in my heart,

countless unmet desires

these gains i carry with me

through my whole life

Ameer Qazalbash (4)

kaleje (m) (1)

heart, chest

hazaaron (4)

thousands

daag (m) (2)

scar

hasratein (f) (2)

desires, mostly unmet

laakhon (m) (2)

hundreds of thousands

kamaayi (f) (1)

earnings, gain

zindagi (f) (41)

life

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kaleje(m): heart, chest

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