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3 Urdu ash'ar / shayari (shers, couplets) by

Khumar Barabankavi

1919-1999,

Bara Banki (Uttar Pradesh)

1 / 3: Khumar Barabankavi

mohabbat ko samajhna hai to

naaseh khud mohabbat kar

kinaare se kabhi

andaaza-e-toofan nahi hota

to understand love

you should first fall in love

from the shore, how can you

ever get a sense of the storm

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toofan (7)

storm, cyclone

shore

estimate, approximation

Theme: Miscellany (44)

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2 / 3: Khumar Barabankavi

khuda bachaye tere

mast mast aankhon se

farishta ho to behak jaaye

aadmi kya hai

god help us with

your intoxicating eyes

those than can get angels drunk

what hope does a man have

save

behak (2)

drunk

angel

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3 / 3: Khumar Barabankavi

mere rahbar mujhko

gumrah kar de

suna hai ke manzil

qareeb aa gayi hai

my guide,

lead me astray

heard that my destination

has drawn closer

rahbar (7)

guide, leader, ruler

gumrah (2)

lost

suna (9)

hear

manzil (22)

goal, destination

qareeb (3)

near, close

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