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1 Urdu couplets and shers with hoshwalon

hoshwalon(m): those who are sane

Description of hoshwalon: Hoshwalon is the plural form of the Urdu adjective hoshwal, meaning those who are conscious, aware, or in possession of their senses. Unlike the intoxicated lovers lost in ecstasy, hoshwalon remain detached from profound emotional depths. Differs from be-khudi, the state of self-loss in passion they cannot comprehend. In Nida Fazli's iconic ghazal, "Hoshwalon ko khabar kya be-khudi kya cheez hai," it poetically contrasts rational minds with love's rapture.

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hoshwalon ko khabar kyabekhudi kya cheez hai

ishq ki jaye phir samajhiye

zindagi kya cheez hai

how can sane people know

what ecstasy is all about

love and figure out

what life is all about

Nida Fazli (12)

2013: Padma Shri

1998: Sahitya Akademi

ishq (m) (34)

love

zindagi (f) (41)

life

hoshwalon (m) (1)

those who are sane

bekhudi (f) (1)

delirium, senselessness

cheez (m) (7)

things, matter

samajhiye (1)

mischievous, playful

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