9 Urdu ash'ar / shaayari (shers, couplets) containing the word:
dam: moment, breath
1 / 9: dam
naye charaag jalaao ki
raushni kam hai
these dying lamps
will not stay with us for long
light new ones
as brightness is fading
Theme: Grit, Resilience, & Courage (52)
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2 / 9: dam
sakth hairaan huun main
apni sakth-jaani dekh kar
i didn't die
seeing my beloved's unkindness
i am so surprised
by my own resilience
moment, breath
turned out, came out
friend, beloved
unkindness
difficult, hard
agitated, surprised
toughness, resilience
Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (113)
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3 / 9: dam
saahil, 'naseer', duur hai
aur dam naheen raha
for how long can i thrash
like a wave in this ocean of love
the shore, 'naseer', is far away
and i have no breath left
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4 / 9: dam
charaagh-e-sahar hoon
bujha chaahataa hoon
i am a guest for a few moments
oh, companions of the gathering
i am the lamp at dawn
and i wish to fade away
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5 / 9: dam
aah karta huun to
sayyaad khafa hota hai
if i restrain myself and submit
i suffocate in this cage
if i sigh and complain
my captor becomes irate
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6 / 9: dam
ham se zamaana khud hai
zamaane se ham naheen
the world has no stength
to destroy me
the world springs from me
i am not sustained by it
1959: Sahitya Akademi
Theme: Grit, Resilience, & Courage (52)
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7 / 9: dam
haadsa ek dam
naheen hota
time nurtures
things for years
a disaster never
happens suddenly
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8 / 9: dam
ek chaand baghal mein ho
ek chaand muqaabil ho
o heart, let me savor
the bliss of the moonlit moment
a moon with me
and another in front
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9 / 9: dam
hamein ye shauq hai
dekhen sitam ki intehaa kya hai
they worry day and night about
inventing new methods of cruelty
while we are passionately keen
to see the limits of their tyranny
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