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3 Urdu ash'ar / shaayari (shers, couplets) containing the word:

jalwa: bright, splendor

1 / 3: jalwa

na dekha wo kahin jalwa jo dekha khaana-e-dil mein

bahut masjid mein sar maara

bahut sa DhoonDa butkhana

nowhere did i see such splendor

as i have in the confines of my heart

though i kocked my head in mosques

and searched endlessly in the temples

Bahadur Shah Zafar (9)

bright, splendor

room, section, space

dil (94)

heart

bahut (16)

too much or many

mosque

sar (6)

front, top, head

search

temple, home of idols

Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (122)

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2 / 3: jalwa

ishq ka zauq-e-nazaara muft mein hai badnaam

husn khud betaab hai

jalwa dikhaane ke liye

love gets a bad rap needlessly

for the pleasure of watching

though beauty herself is impatient

for her splendor to be seen

Asrarul Haq Majaz (5)

ishq (35)

love

zauq (6)

pleasure, delight, joy

scene, panorama

muft (1)

forfree, needlessly

disrepute

husn (19)

beauty

khud (20)

myself

restless

bright, splendor

shown

Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (102)

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3 / 3: jalwa

tayyaar the namaaz pe hum sun ke zikr-e-hoor

jalwa buton ka dekh ke

niyyat badal gayi

i was ready for prayers, hearing

the mention of heavenly beauties

but upon seeing the bright idols

my intentions changed

Akbar Allahabadi (11)

ready

(muslim) prayers, worship

zikr (8)

mention, remember

hoor (1)

heavenly beauty

bright, splendor

idols

purpose, intention

Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (67)

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