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2 Urdu couplets and shers with sanwar

sanwar(m): correct, reform, rectify

Description of sanwar: Sanwar is an Urdu word meaning a well-groomed, elegant, or refined young man, often implying handsomeness and sophistication. Unlike shabab, which denotes general youthfulness, sanwar specifically evokes polished maturity and charm. Differs from husn, a broader term for beauty applicable to both genders and objects. In Urdu poetry, it appears in ghazals to depict the beloved's graceful allure, as in "sanwar-e-chaman" for the garden's elegant bloom.

1 / 2: sanwar

'zauq' jo madaraase ke bigDe hue hain mullah

un ko maikhaane mein le aao

sanwar jaayenge

zauq, those priests

ruined by religious schools

bring them to the tavern

so they can be reformed

Shaikh Ibrahim Zauq (6)

bigDe (1)

spoilt, ruined

mullah (m) (2)

priest, learned, pious

maikhaane (m) (4)

taverns

sanwar (m) (2)

correct, reform, rectify

Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (70)

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2 / 2: sanwar

har ek raat ke pahlu se din nikalta hai

wo log kaise sanwar jayen

jo tabaah nahin

from every night

a day dawns

how will they ever improve

who have not been destroyed

Mah Talat Zahidi (1)

pahlu (m) (4)

side

raat (f) (11)

night

sanwar (m) (2)

correct, reform, rectify

tabaah (m) (2)

wasted, ruined

Theme: Grit, Resilience, & Courage (58)

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