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1 Urdu couplets and shers with besuroor

besuroor: joyless

Description of besuroor: Besuroor is an Urdu word meaning out of tune, discordant, or lacking musical harmony, often describing a voice or melody that sounds off-key. Unlike suroor, which denotes intoxication or ecstasy from wine or love, besuroor conveys a jarring absence of rhythm. Differs from sur , it implies deviation from proper pitch. In poetry, it evokes lovers' voices trembling imperfectly with passion.

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tera imam behuzoor teri namaaz besuroor

aisi namaaz se guzar

aise imam se guzar

your priest is absent

and your prayer joyless

find your way out of

that priest and that prayer

Mohammad Iqbal (28)

imam (m) (1)

priest

behuzoor (1)

absent

namaaz (m) (5)

(muslim) prayers, worship

besuroor (1)

joyless

guzar (m) (13)

pass through, spent

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