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

karam

kindness, grace, favor

1 / 8: karam

daregh chashm-e-karam se

na rakh ki aye zaalim

kare hai dil ko mere

teri yak nazar mahzooz

don't me miserly with your

merciful gaze, o cruel one

just one glance from you

brings joy to my heart

Mah Laqa Chanda (5)
daregh (1)

stingy

chashm (2)

eyes

karam (8)

kindness, grace, favor

zaalim (8)

oppressor, tyrant

dil (73)

heart

yak (1)

single, one

nazar (26)

perspective, sight

delighted

Theme: Love, Passion and Longing (107)

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2 / 8: karam

achchha ye karam hum pe

tu sayyaad kare hai

par noch ke ab qaid se

aazaad kare hai

strange is this favor

you do to me, my captor

first you tear my wings

and then you set me free

aazaad (5)

free, freed

karam (8)

kindness, grace, favor

captor, hunter

par (12)

wings, feathers, upon

noch (1)

clip, tear

qaid (4)

imprisoned, captive

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3 / 8: karam

meharbaaniyan karam se

milti hain dil mein

gar aap khud khush ho to

sab ko khush kar sakte hain

by grace, kindness is

found in the heart

if you are happy yourself…

you can make others happy

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kindness

karam (8)

kindness, grace, favor

dil (73)

heart

aap (6)

respectful 'you'

khud (18)

myself

khush (5)

happy

sab (10)

all

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4 / 8: karam

gairon pe karam

apno pe sitam

aye jaane wafa

yeh zulm na kar

tyranny for loved ones

kindness for strangers

o faithful one

be not so cruel

1971: Padma Shri

2013: Commemorative Stamp India

karam (8)

kindness, grace, favor

gairon (1)

strangers

apno (2)

lovedones

sitam (11)

tyranny, cruelty

zulm (10)

cruelty, tyranny

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5 / 8: karam

jo bhi de de vo karam se

vahi le le 'naadir'

munh se maango to

khuda aur khafa hota hai

whatever is given to you in kindness

you accept jus that ‘naadir’

if you were to ask for more

god will get even more angry

khuda (25)

god

karam (8)

kindness, grace, favor

maango (1)

ask

khafa (6)

angry, upset

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6 / 8: karam

parda-e-lutf mein

ye zulm-o-sitam kya kahiye

haaye zaalim, tera

andaaz-e-karam kya kahiye

behind the comfort's veil, what to say

of this tyranny and cruelty

oh you tyrant, what to say

of your style of kindness

1969: Jnanpith

1997: India Commemorative Stamp

parda (4)

veil

lutf (6)

comfort, joy, pleasure

zulm (10)

cruelty, tyranny

sitam (11)

tyranny, cruelty

zaalim (8)

oppressor, tyrant

andaaz (10)

mannerism, style

karam (8)

kindness, grace, favor

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7 / 8: karam

dil ko main muntazir-e-abr-

e-karam kyun rakhun

phool hai qatra-e-shabnam se

bahal jayega

why should i keep my heart

waiting for the clouds of mercy

the flower is satisfied

with a drop of morning dew

dew

karam (8)

kindness, grace, favor

abr (5)

cloud, clouds

one who is waiting, expecting

bahal (2)

satisfied, pacify

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8 / 8: karam

purseesh-e-haal bhi itni ki

main kuchh keh na sakun

is takalluf se karam ho to

sitam hota hai

this inquiry of my condition

is so that i can’t say anything

kindness with such formality

becomes cruelty indeed

sitam (11)

tyranny, cruelty

formality

inquiry

haal (14)

plight, condition

karam (8)

kindness, grace, favor

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