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1 Urdu couplets and shers with paaband

paaband(m): bound, confined

Description of paaband: Paaband is an Urdu adjective meaning a person who is bound, committed, restrained, beholden, detained, imprisoned, controlled, or subservient, and a masculine noun referring to a rope used to hobble a horse's legs. Unlike a free individual, paaband implies one constrained by duty, law, or circumstance, such as being beholden to a promise or employer. Differs from mere obedience, as it conveys deeper subjugation or habitual adherence to rules and

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qaid-e-mazhab se terepaaband-e-ulfat hain bari

kya gharaz kyun jaayen

suu-e-kaaba-o-butkhaana hum

your love is shackled

by the prison of religion

why bother going to

mosque or temple

Faheem Gorakhpuri (7)
qaid (m) (5)

imprisoned, captive

mazhab (m) (5)

religion

paaband (m) (1)

bound, confined

ulfat (f) (7)

love, friendship, affection

gharaz (m) (4)

self-interest, purpose

kaaba (m) (3)

holy mosque in Mecca

butkhaana (m) (2)

temple, place of idols

Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (70)

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