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1 Urdu couplets and shers with tark

tark(m): abandonment

Description of tark: The Urdu word tark means abandonment or renunciation, signifying the act of leaving something behind or forsaking it entirely. Unlike English equivalents such as "abandonment," tark carries deeper philosophical and spiritual connotations, often appearing in religious and literary contexts. Differs from simple rejection, tark implies deliberate choice and commitment to letting go. In Urdu poetry and classical literature, tark frequently expresses the renunciation of worldly desires or the abandonment of

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ghurbat ki thanDi chaanv mein yaad aai us ki dhoop

qadr-e-watan hui hamein

tark-e-watan ke baad

in the cool shade of exile

i yearned for the heat of its sun

only after abandoning the homeland

did i understand its true worth

Kaifi Azmi (7)

ghurbat (f) (1)

poverty, lowliness

thanDi (f) (1)

cool

chaanv (m) (3)

shade

yaad (m) (35)

memory, remember

dhoop (f) (10)

heat from sun

qadr (m) (4)

value, worth

watan (m) (2)

homeland, country

tark (m) (1)

abandonment

baad (11)

breeze / after

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