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

chaanv: shade

1 / 3: chaanv

kis ne sahraa mein mere waaste rakhi hai ye chaanv

dhoop roke hai

mera chahne wala kaisa

who has provided a shade

for me in this desert

how are my dear ones able to

protect me from this searing heat

2005: Sitara-i-Imtiaz

wilderness, desert

inorderto

shade

dhoop (11)

heat from sun

roke (2)

stop

Theme: Friends, Family, & Community (127)

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2 / 3: chaanv

shauq chaDhtii dhoop jaataa waqt ghaTtii chaanv hai

baa-wafaa jo aaj hain

kal bewafa ho jaayenge

passion is like the rising sun

and with time, the shade diminishes

those who are loyal today

will become disloyal tomorrow

Aarzoo Lakhnavi (9)

shauq (14)

passion, zeal

shade

unfaithful, disloyal

dhoop (11)

heat from sun

Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (124)

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3 / 3: chaanv

ghurbat ki thanDi chaanv mein yaad aai us ki dhoop

qadr-e-watan hui hamein

tark-e-watan ke baad

in the cool shade of exile

i yearned for the heat of its sun

only after abandoning the homeland

did i understand its true worth

poverty, lowliness

cool

shade

yaad (33)

memory, remember

dhoop (11)

heat from sun

qadr (4)

value, worth

homeland, country

tark (1)

abandonment

baad (10)

breeze / after

Theme: Home, Country, & Belonging (28)

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