1 Urdu couplets and shers with bedam
bedam(m): breathless, lacking energy
Description of bedam: Bedam is an Urdu word meaning breathless, out of breath, or without breath, often conveying a state of ecstasy, exhaustion, or spiritual rapture. Unlike common terms like thaka hua , it emphasizes a profound loss of breath due to intense emotion or divine overwhelm. Differs from bejaan , as bedam implies vibrant, overwhelming vitality rather than inertness. In Sufi poetry, like Bedam Shah Warsi's verses, it evokes lovers fainting in
1 / 1: bedam
tum acche maseeha ho
shifa kyun nahi dete
the restless have fallen sick
why don’t you offer a medicine
you are such a good healer
why don’t you cure their illness
breathless, lacking energy
medicine, cure
saviour, messiah
healing, cure
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