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1 Urdu couplets and shers with nafas

nafas(m): breath

Description of nafas: The Urdu word nafas means breath, carrying profound spiritual and emotional significance in South Asian poetry and literature. Unlike the English word "breath," which primarily denotes the physical act of respiration, nafas encompasses the soul's essence and life force itself. Differs from mere oxygen intake, nafas represents the invisible connection between body, spirit, and consciousness. In classical Urdu poetry, nafas appears frequently in verses exploring love, longing, and existential themes,

1 / 1: nafas

har nafas umr-e-guzishta ki hai mayyat, fani

zindagi naam hai

mar mar ke jiye jaane ka

every breath, fani, is

the corpse of a moment gone

what we call life

is living through repeated deaths

Fani Badayuni (5)

nafas (m) (1)

breath

umr (m) (15)

life

guzishta (m) (1)

past, bygone

mayyat (f) (1)

corpse

zindagi (f) (41)

life

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