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3 Urdu couplets and shers with bandagi

bandagi(f): worship

1 / 3: bandagi

aashiqi se milegaa, aye zaahid

bandagi se

khuda nahin milta

through love,

you will find, o priest

through worship,

you won't find god

Dagh Dehlvi (11)

aashiqi (f) (3)

love

zaahid (m) (7)

priest, pious person

bandagi (f) (3)

worship

khuda (m) (31)

god

Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (70)

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2 / 3: bandagi

tu bhi mohtaaj hai khushaamad ka

aye khuda, varna

bandagi kya hai

even you need and crave

adulation and flattery

or else, dear god,

what is prayer for?

Davarka Das Shola (1)

mohtaaj (m) (1)

needy, in want of

khushaamad (m) (1)

flattery, adulation

or else

bandagi (f) (3)

worship

Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (70)

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3 / 3: bandagi

rahne de apni bandagi, zaahid

bemohabbat

khuda nahin milta

keep your worship to yourself,

o priest

without love,

god can’t be got

Mubarak Azimabadi (4)

bandagi (f) (3)

worship

zaahid (m) (7)

priest, pious person

bemohabbat (f) (1)

without love

khuda (m) (31)

god

Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (70)

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