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7 Urdu couplets and shers with inquilaab

inquilaab(m): revolution

Description of inquilaab: Inquilaab is a word of Persian origin meaning "revolution, change, turn, or uprising," often used as a political slogan. The term carries profound weight in South Asian discourse, representing fundamental transformation and social upheaval. Unlike everyday words describing simple change, inquilaab denotes sweeping, revolutionary alteration of systems and structures. Differs from reform, which seeks gradual improvement within existing frameworks, inquilaab demands complete overhaul and radical reimagining. In literary and poetic

1 / 7: inquilaab

tumhe is inquilaab-e-deher ka kya gham hai, ai akbar

bahut nazdeek hain woh din

ke tum hoge na hum honge

why do you worry about

the tumult in this world, oh akbar,

that day is near when

neither will you nor i am around

Akbar Allahabadi (12)

inquilaab (m) (7)

revolution

deher (m) (1)

world

gham (m) (19)

sorrow, sadness

nazdeek (1)

near, close

Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (127)

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2 / 7: inquilaab

dekh raftaar-e-inquilaab 'firaq'

kitni aahista

aur kitni tez

watch

the pace of revolution, firaq

how deliberate

and, yet, how swift

Firaq Gorakphuri (Raghupati Sahay) (12)

1969: Jnanpith

1997: India Commemorative Stamp

raftaar (f) (3)

fast, speed

inquilaab (m) (7)

revolution

aahista (3)

slow, deliberate

tez (4)

fast, speed, quick

Theme: Oppression, Rebellion, & Freedom (61)

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3 / 7: inquilaab

inquilaab aayega raftaar se mayoos na ho

bahut aahista nahin hai

jo bahut tez nahin

the revolution will come soon

don’t be despondent

it doesn’t come too slowly

not does it come too fast

Ali Sardar Jafri (6)

1997: Jnanpith Award

1967: Padma Shri

inquilaab (m) (7)

revolution

raftaar (f) (3)

fast, speed

aahista (3)

slow, deliberate

tez (4)

fast, speed, quick

Theme: Oppression, Rebellion, & Freedom (61)

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4 / 7: inquilaab

rang-e-mehfil chaahta hai ik mukammal inquilaab

chand shamon ke bhaDakne se

sahar hoti naheen

the spirit of the gathering

demands a total revolution

a few candles lighting up

won't usher in the dawn

Qabil Ajmeri (8)

rang (m) (12)

color, colors

mehfil (f) (17)

gathering, concert

mukammal (5)

complete, full, entire

inquilaab (m) (7)

revolution

chand (m) (3)

sundry, few

shamon (m) (1)

lamps

bhaDakne (m) (1)

flare up, light up

sahar (f) (8)

dawn

Theme: Oppression, Rebellion, & Freedom (61)

5 / 7: inquilaab

ek qayaamat hai jawaani ek qayaamat hai shabaab

har tabassum ek toofan

har nazar ek inquilaab

youth is an apocalypse

so is youthful vigor

every smile a storm

every glance a revolution

Dagh Dehlvi (11)

qayaamat (f) (9)

catastrophe, apocalypse

shabaab (m) (5)

youth

tabassum (m) (4)

smile

toofan (m) (9)

storm, cyclone

nazar (f) (32)

perspective, sight

inquilaab (m) (7)

revolution

Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (113)

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6 / 7: inquilaab

inquilaab ek khwaab hai so hai

dil ki duniya kharaab hai

so hai

revolution is just a dream

and so it is

the world's heart is horrible

and so it is

Jaun Eliya (15)

inquilaab (m) (7)

revolution

khwaab (m) (15)

dream

duniya (m) (25)

world

kharaab (m) (4)

ruin, spoil

Theme: Oppression, Rebellion, & Freedom (61)

7 / 7: inquilaab

kaam hai mera taghayyur naam hai mera shabaab

mera naara:

inquilaab-o inquilaab-o inquilaab

change is my mission

youth is my name

my slogan:

revolution, revolution, revolution

Josh Malihabadi (5)

kaam (m) (14)

work

taghayyur (m) (1)

change

shabaab (m) (5)

youth

inquilaab (m) (7)

revolution

Theme: Oppression, Rebellion, & Freedom (61)

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