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2 Urdu couplets and shers with taDapta

taDapta: pulsate

Description of taDapta: TaDapta is an Urdu word meaning to writhe in agony, flutter restlessly, or yearn intensely with anxiety and unfulfilled desire. Unlike mere sadness, it conveys visceral physical and emotional torment, like a bird flapping desperately to escape. Differs from simple longing by implying frantic, pulsating impatience akin to throbbing pain. In poetry, it evokes lovers or the oppressed taDapta in anguish, as in Bismil's sher where a killer taDapta lifelong

1 / 2: taDapta

fareb-e-nazar hai sukoon-o-sabaat

taDapta hai

har zarra-e-kayenaat

this peace and permanence

are but a deception and illusion

every atom of the universe

is endlessly pulsating

Mohammad Iqbal (28)

fareb (m) (4)

trick, deceit

nazar (f) (32)

perspective, sight

sukoon (m) (6)

comfort, peace

sabaat (f) (1)

permanence, durability

taDapta (2)

pulsate

zarra (m) (1)

atom, particle

kayenaat (f) (4)

universe

Theme: Nature, World & Universe (50)

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2 / 2: taDapta

jo hain mazloom un ko to taDapta chhoD dete hain

ye kaisa shahr hai zaalim ko

zinda chhoD dete hain?

the weak and the oppressed

are left to shiver and suffer

what kind of city is this

that lets the tyrants flourish?

Abbas Dana (1)

mazloom (m) (2)

oppressed

taDapta (2)

pulsate

shahr (m) (13)

city

zaalim (m) (8)

oppressor, tyrant

zinda (4)

alive

Theme: Oppression, Rebellion, & Freedom (61)

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