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

bechaara: helpless, miserable

1 / 2: bechaara

ek do zakhm naheen jism hai saara chhalni

dard bechaara pareshaan hai

kahaan se nikle

not just a wound or two

the whole body is torn

poor pain is troubled

as to where to emerge from

zakhm (15)

wound, injury

jism (6)

body

perforated, riddled with holes

dard (20)

pain

helpless, miserable

distressed, troubled

emerge, come out

Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (126)

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2 / 2: bechaara

aqal ayyar hai sau bhes badal leti hai

ishq bechaara

na zaheed hai na mullah na hakeem

intellect is clever

can change into many forms

poor love

not an ascetic, nor learned, nor a healer

Allama Iqbal (28)

aqal (3)

mind, intellect

clever, trickster

bhes (1)

form, appearance

helpless, miserable

ascetic

priest, learned, pious

healer, physician

Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (65)

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