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3 Urdu couplets and shers with tamaasha

tamaasha(m): spectacle, drama, show

Description of tamaasha: Tamaasha is an Urdu word meaning a spectacle, show, or theatrical performance, often implying a lively public entertainment or dramatic event. Unlike a formal play with a scripted narrative, tamaasha evokes spontaneous, colorful gatherings like street fairs or folk performances. Differs from mere entertainment by carrying connotations of chaos or absurdity in everyday commotion. In Urdu poetry, it symbolizes life's fleeting drama, as in Ghalib's verses portraying human folly as

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main to is vaaste chup huun ke tamaasha na bane

tu samajhta hai mujhe

tujh se gila kuchh bhi naheen

i remain silent for this reason:

to not create a scene

but you conclude (mistakenly)

i have no complaints against you

Akhtar Shumar (3)

chup (9)

silent, quiet

tamaasha (m) (3)

spectacle, drama, show

gila (m) (9)

fault, complaint

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bazeecha-e-atfal hai duniya mere aage

hota hai shab-o-roz

tamaasha mere aage

a play of children

this world before me

a spectacle unfolds

every day and night before me

Mirza Ghalib (63)

bazeecha (m) (1)

game, play

atfal (m) (1)

children, plural of tifl

duniya (m) (25)

world

shab (f) (14)

evening, night

roz (m) (13)

day, every day

tamaasha (m) (3)

spectacle, drama, show

Theme: Nature, World & Universe (50)

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kinaare hi se toofan ka tamaasha dekhne wale

kinaare se kabhi

andaaza-e-toofan nahin hota

those who watch the spectacle

of the storm from the shore

from the shore, will never

understand the storm’s fury

Lala Madhav Ram Jauhar (7)

kinaare (m) (2)

shore

toofan (m) (9)

storm, cyclone

tamaasha (m) (3)

spectacle, drama, show

kabhi (26)

on occasion

andaaza (m) (2)

estimate, approximation

Theme: Nature, World & Universe (50)

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