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1 Urdu couplets and shers with basar

basar(m): spent, lived

Description of basar: The Urdu word basar means flesh or meat, referring to the physical body or muscular tissue of living creatures. Unlike English terms that distinguish between meat as food and flesh as living tissue, basar encompasses both meanings within a single word. Differs from abstract concepts of spirituality, basar grounds itself in the tangible, corporeal realm of physical existence. In classical Urdu poetry, basar carries profound metaphorical weight, symbolizing human vulnerability,

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zindagi yuun huibasar tanha

qaafila saath

aur safar tanha

life transpired

spent alone

moving with the caravan

but traveling alone

Gulzar (Sampooran Singh Kalra) (7)
zindagi (f) (41)

life

basar (m) (1)

spent, lived

tanha (m) (7)

alone

qaafila (m) (4)

caravan

safar (m) (24)

journey, travel

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