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10 Urdu couplets and shers with haseen

haseen: beautiful

1 / 10: haseen

ye to naheen ki tum sajahaan mein haseen naheen

is dil ko kya karoon

ye bahaltaa kaheen naheen

it isn’t that there aren’t in this world

others more beautiful than you

but what to do with this heart

it is not pacified anywhere else

Dagh Dehlvi (11)
jahaan (m) (16)

world, universe

haseen (10)

beautiful

dil (m) (106)

heart

pacified

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2 / 10: haseen

koyi tum se bhi

haseen kya hoga

with what hope

can i look at anyone else

who can be

more beautiful than you

tawaqqo (m) (3)

hope, expectation

haseen (10)

beautiful

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3 / 10: haseen

kitne aadaab ke parde

mein hai inkaar ki baat

these manners, these gestures

these beautiful words and promises

how a refusal is hidden

behind these layers of etiquette

inkaar (m) (6)

rejection, refusal

ishaare (m) (2)

signs, gestures

haseen (10)

beautiful

aadaab (m) (1)

etiquette, greetings

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4 / 10: haseen

ye betarteeb yaaraane

haseen maloom hote hain

frequent meetings make

the heart lose its thrill

these scattered encounters

are charming and delightful

mulaaqatein (f) (1)

meetings, encounters

musalsal (m) (3)

continuous, always, constant

dilchaspi (f) (1)

interest, fascination

betarteeb (m) (1)

scattered, disorderly

yaaraane (m) (1)

friendships

haseen (10)

beautiful

maloom (4)

to know

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5 / 10: haseen

woh zindagi hai jo

kaanTon ke darmiyaan guzre

the company of flowers

is indeed beautiful

but that is life which

happens amid thorns

1959: Sahitya Akademi

bahut (20)

too much or many

haseen (10)

beautiful

sohbaten (f) (1)

company, association

gulon (m) (2)

flowers

magar (25)

yet, but

zindagi (f) (41)

life

kaanTon (m) (2)

thorns

darmiyaan (f) (5)

between

guzre (m) (3)

transpires, passes

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6 / 10: haseen

qaafile raah

bhool jaate hain

with just a sign from

those pretty eyes

caravans

can lose their way

haseen (10)

beautiful

aankh (m) (11)

eyes, eye

ishaare (m) (2)

signs, gestures

par (m) (17)

wings, feathers / upon

qaafile (m) (2)

caravans

raah (m) (23)

street, path

bhool (f) (15)

forget, mistake

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7 / 10: haseen

tum rahe na tum

hum rahe na hum

what a beautiful tragedy

time has produced

you have not remained the same

nor have i remained myself

waqt (m) (20)

time

haseen (10)

beautiful

sitam (m) (12)

tyranny, cruelty

rahe (m) (19)

remain

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8 / 10: haseen

badan haseen hai to kya

belibaas aayega

he/she speaks frankly but, yet,

must master the grace of speech

the body maybe beautiful

but will it come naked?

magar (25)

yet, but

hunar (m) (4)

skill, art

badan (m) (5)

body

haseen (10)

beautiful

belibaas (m) (1)

unclothed, naked

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9 / 10: haseen

mohabbat jis se ho

bas wo haseen hai

don’t look to me

for praise of beauty

whoever i am in love with

my beloved is beautiful

husn (m) (19)

beauty

haseen (10)

beautiful

mohabbat (f) (41)

love

poocho (1)

ask

tareef (m) (1)

praise, acclaim

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10 / 10: haseen

aise bure

hum bhi naheen

i concede

you are a limitless beauty

i too am not

that bad

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haseen (10)

beautiful

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