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2 Urdu couplets and shers with savaal

savaal(m): question

Description of savaal: Savaal is an Urdu word meaning "question" or "inquiry," commonly used to denote a formal request for information or clarification. Unlike casual conversation, it often implies a structured or pointed query seeking a deliberate response. Differs from "sawal" in some dialects by carrying a connotation of challenge or demand in rhetorical contexts. In Urdu poetry, it evokes introspection, as in verses probing life's mysteries.

1 / 2: savaal

tu idhar udhar ki na baat kar ye bata ki qaafila kyuun luTaa

mujhe raahzanon se gila naheen

teri rahbari ka savaal hai

don’t talk about irrelevant stuff

first tell us how the caravan got looted

i have no complaint against the robbers

i have questions about your leadership

Shahab Jafri (1)

qaafila (m) (4)

caravan

luTaa (m) (1)

loot

raahzan (m) (4)

robber, looter

gila (m) (9)

fault, complaint

rahbari (f) (1)

guidance, leadership

savaal (m) (2)

question

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2 / 2: savaal

kuch kaTi himmat-e-savaal mein umr

kuch ummeed-e-javaab

mein guzri

some time in life has gone

in finding the courage to ask

the rest was spent

waiting for an answer

Fani Badayuni (5)

himmat (f) (2)

courage

savaal (m) (2)

question

umr (m) (15)

life

ummeed (m) (10)

hope, expectation

javaab (m) (1)

answer, reply

guzri (3)

spent, passed

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