1 Urdu ash'ar / shaayari (shers, couplets) containing the word:
kashmakash: turmoil, inner conflict and Urdu couplets and shers with kashmakash
kashmakash Description:
‘Kashmakash’ means inner turmoil or prolonged emotional conflict. The word comes from ‘Persian’ roots meaning to pull and drag, suggesting opposing forces straining the mind. Unlike ‘conflict’, which may be external, or ‘dilemma’, which feels intellectual, ‘kashmakash’ is visceral and inward. It resembles ‘tanav’ or ‘bechaini’ but carries greater duration, exhaustion, and a sense of being slowly worn down over time, emotion heavy, unresolved, persistent, intimate, human, painful, quiet, relentless, lingering.
1 / 1: kashmakash
kabhee ek charaagh jalaa diyaa
kabhee ek charaagh bujhaa diyaa
ask not how the dawn arrived
after a night of restless waiting
sometimes, a lamp was lit
and, sometimes, it was put out
Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (113)
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