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2 Urdu couplets and shers with sadiyan

sadiyan(f): generations, ages

Description of sadiyan: Sadiyan is the plural form of sadi, an Urdu word meaning "centuries" or a period of one hundred years. Unlike shorter time spans like decades or years, it denotes vast historical expanses. Differs from saal by emphasizing epochal durations in chronicles. In Urdu poetry, sadiyan evoke timeless love or empires' rise and fall, as in Ghalib's verses spanning centuries of longing.

1 / 2: sadiyan

aane waale sadiyan tumko yaad karenge, humasron

jab unko ye pata chalega

tum federer ko dekha tha

generations to come will

remember you, my fellows

when they come to know

that you have seen federer

Ahmad Faraz (21)

sadiyan (f) (2)

generations, ages

yaad (m) (35)

memory, remember

humasron (m) (1)

contemporaries

pata (m) (5)

address, whereabouts

Theme: Nature, World & Universe (50)

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2 / 2: sadiyan

itna kyun sikhaye jaa rahi hai zindagi?

humne kaunsi sadiyan

guzarni hai yahan

why is life teaching me

so many lessons?

how many ages am I

going to spend here?

Faiz Ahmad Faiz (22)

zindagi (f) (41)

life

sadiyan (f) (2)

generations, ages

guzarni (f) (1)

spend

Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (127)

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