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2 Urdu couplets and shers with jaib

jaib(m): pocket

Description of jaib: Jaib is an Urdu word meaning "pocket," typically referring to a pouch or compartment in clothing for holding small items. Unlike a full-fledged bag or purse, it is a smaller, integrated space sewn into garments. Differs from "jeb," a colloquial variant, by its more formal literary connotation. In Urdu poetry, jaib evokes intimacy, as in Ghalib's verses where lovers conceal letters or tokens in their jaib.

1 / 2: jaib

chipak raha hai badan par lahu se pairaahan

hamaare jaib ko ab

haajat-e-rafu kya hai

my bloodied clothes are

sticking to my body

what is the point of

mending a tear in my pocket

Mirza Ghalib (63)

badan (m) (5)

body

chipak (m) (1)

stick

lahu (m) (3)

blood

jaib (m) (2)

pocket

haajat (f) (1)

needof

rafu (m) (2)

mend, darn, stitch

Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (118)

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2 / 2: jaib

hamesha khoon-e-dil royaa huun main lekin saliiqe se

na qatra aastin par hai

na dhabbaa jaib-o-daaman par

i always wept the blood of my heart

but with such grace

not a drop showed on my sleeve

nor a stain on my pocket

Saail Dehlvi (2)

khoon (m) (6)

blood

royaa (1)

cry

saliiqe (m) (1)

skills, manners

qatra (m) (5)

drop, drop of water

aastin (m) (1)

sleeve

jaib (m) (2)

pocket

daaman (m) (6)

hem (clothes), lap

Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (118)

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