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3 Urdu ash'ar / shaayari (shers, couplets) containing the word:

shikwa: complaint

1 / 3: shikwa

ahbaab ka shikwa kya kijiyekhud zaahir-o-baatin ek nahin

lub oopar oopar hanste hain

dil andar andar rota hai

what use complaining of friends, when

what’s visible and hidden are different

their lips seem to smile

while they are weeping inside

Hafeez (1)
shikwa (3)

complaint

ahbaab (1)

dear ones, darling

zaahir (2)

evident, visible

baatin (1)

hidden, concealed

lub (1)

lip

hanste (1)

smile

Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (127)

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2 / 3: shikwa

mujh se dekha na gaya

us ka pashemaan hona

how regretful i am

after complaining to someone

i couldn't bear to

seem them be repentant

naadim (1)

sorry, regretful

shakhs (15)

person, individual

shikwa (3)

complaint

repentant, remorseful

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3 / 3: shikwa

ham ne khud apni

tamannaaon ko jeene na diya

to whom will i complain, hayat,

about this life of desolation

i myself did not let my

aspirations live and thrive

khud (20)

myself

shikwa (3)

complaint

desolation, deserted,

hasti (3)

life, existence, being

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