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1 Urdu couplets and shers with gaam

gaam(m): step, foot

Description of gaam:

Gaam is a suffix in Urdu meaning "village" or "small rural settlement," often denoting a rustic, communal locale. Unlike urban neighborhoods like muhalla, which bustle with city commerce, gaam evokes isolated tranquility amid fields. Differs from qasba, a larger town with markets, as gaam remains humbly agrarian. In Urdu poetry, it symbolizes simplicity, as in verses romanticizing village innocence under starry skies.

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aye jazba-e-dil gar main chaahoon har cheez muqaabil aa jaaye

manzil ke liye do gaam chaloon

aur saamne manzil aa jaye

o passion of the heart, if i so desire

all things would appear before me

if i take two steps to my goal

the goal itself comes to meet me

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saamne (13)

in front of, opposite

manzil (f) (24)

goal, destination

jazba (m) (4)

passion, emotion

muqaabil (m) (2)

in front of, opposite

gaam (m) (1)

step, foot

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