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1 Urdu couplets and shers with avval

avval: at the beginning

Description of avval: Avval is an Urdu adverb meaning "first," "initially," or "at the beginning," often used to denote primacy in sequence or importance. Unlike later stages in a process, it emphasizes the starting point. Differs from "baad" , as it points to precedence rather than succession. In Urdu poetry, it evokes the primary emotion or the first glimpse of a beloved's beauty.

1 / 1: avval

avval to thoDi thoDichaahat thi darmiyaan mein

phir baat kehte

luknat aane lagi zabaan mein

at first, there was a

a little fondness between us

and then, i started to stutter

when i spoke to her

Mushafi Ghulam Hamdani (6)
avval (1)

at the beginning

chaahat (f) (3)

longing, desire

darmiyaan (f) (5)

between

luknat (f) (1)

stutter

zabaan (m) (10)

language, tongue

Theme: Voice, Expression, & Language (78)

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