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1 Urdu couplets and shers with be-waqt

be-waqt: unexpected hour

Description of be-waqt: "Be-waqt" is an Urdu adjective of Persian-Arabic origin meaning untimely, inopportune, or occurring at an unusual or ill-timed moment. Unlike "na-waqt," which strictly implies off-schedule lateness, "be-waqt" broadly conveys any action defying proper timing, such as sudden or unseasonable events. Differs from "be-muqaa" by emphasizing temporal mismatch over mere inappropriateness. In poetry, it evokes poignant untimely departures, as in "be-vaqt agar j?.?ñg? sab chauñk pa?eñge" .

1 / 1: be-waqt

be-waqt agar jaaungasab chaunk paDenge

ik umr hui din mein

kabhi ghar nahi dekha

if i go at an unexpected time

everyone will be shocked

it has been a lifetime and

i have not seen my home in daylight

Bashir Badr (19)

1999: Sahitya Akademi

1999: Padma Shri

be-waqt (1)

unexpected hour

chaunk (m) (1)

surprised, shocked, startle

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