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farhaad(m): lover of legend (of Shirin)

Description of farhaad: Farhaad is a Persian name for Farh?d, a legendary sculptor and devoted lover in classical literature, famed for his impossible task of carving a milk channel through a mountain to win Shirin. Unlike Khosrow, the royal suitor who deceives him with false news of Shirin's death, Farhaad dies heroically by leaping from a peak in despair. Differs from mere mortals as an archetype of selfless passion, immortalized by poet Nizami

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aaj tujh yaad ne aye dilbar-e-shireen-harakat

aah ko dil ke upar

tesha-e-farhaad kiya

your memory today

oh, my sweet-gliding love

turned my sigh into

farhaad's axe upon my heart

Wali Dakni (9)

yaad (m) (35)

memory, remember

dilbar (m) (1)

beloved

shireen (2)

sweet

harakat (f) (1)

movement, gesture

aah (m) (7)

sigh

dil (m) (109)

heart

tesha (m) (1)

axe

farhaad (m) (1)

lover of legend (of Shirin)

Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (113)

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