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2 Urdu couplets and shers with moattar

moattar(m): fragrant, perfumed

Description of moattar: Moattar is an Urdu adjective meaning perfumed, sprinkled with attar , or imbued with a sweet scent. Unlike synthetic fragrances that rely on chemical compounds, moattar uses natural, concentrated floral essences derived from traditional distillation. It differs from regular attar by denoting something lightly scented or moistened rather than the pure oil itself. In Urdu poetry, moattar evokes imagery of rose-scented breezes or lovers' breath, as in Ghalib's verses where

1 / 2: moattar

kya badan hoga ki jis kekholte jaame ka band

barg-e-gul ki tarah

har naakhun moattar ho gaya

what body it must be

when i untie the drawstrings

like the petals of a flower

my nails smell of perfume too

Inamullah Khan Yaqeen (4)
badan (m) (5)

body

jaame (m) (1)

clothing

band (m) (7)

string, hostage, captive

barg (m) (1)

leaf, petal

gul (m) (21)

flower

naakhun (m) (1)

nails

moattar (m) (2)

fragrant, perfumed

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2 / 2: moattar

naseem aa rahi hai ke

woh aa rahe hain

softly, gracefully

fragrantly, sweetly

is it the gentle morning breeze

or, is it my beloved?

khiraamaan (m) (1)

walking gracefully

moattar (m) (2)

fragrant, perfumed

naseem (m) (2)

breeze, zephyr

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