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7 Urdu couplets and shers with dukh

dukh(m): sorrow, grief

1 / 7: dukh

dukh yeh naheen keandheron se sulh ki hum ne

malaal yeh hai ke

ab subh ki talab bhi naheen

it is not coming to terms

with the night that is distressing

but the anguish of no longer

wishing for a new dawn

Parveen Shakir (16)
dukh (m) (7)

sorrow, grief

andheron (m) (1)

darkness

sulh (m) (1)

peace

malaal (m) (2)

sorrow, grief, regret

subh (m) (7)

morning, dawn

talab (m) (6)

demand, desire, wish

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2 / 7: dukh

dil mein qhema

laga ke baiTh gaya

the moment dusk set in

the pain of your separation

pitched its tent in my heart

and settled in for the night

Iftikhar Hyder (1)
shaam (m) (20)

evening

hijr (m) (4)

separation from beloved.

dukh (m) (7)

sorrow, grief

dil (m) (108)

heart

qhema (m) (1)

tent

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3 / 7: dukh

rahatein aur bhi hain

wasl ki raahat ke siva

there are other sorrows

in this life than love’s longing

there are other comforts too

than the union with the beloved

dukh (m) (7)

sorrow, grief

mohabbat (f) (41)

love

wasl (m) (7)

meeting, union

raahat (f) (2)

comfort, ease

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4 / 7: dukh

jise aata hai dil dena

use har kaam aata hai

will bear faith

suffer sorrow, endure slights

he who knows to give his heart

can get anything done

dukh (m) (7)

sorrow, grief

sahenge (m) (1)

suffer, endure

naaz (m) (6)

grace, pride, hauteur

dil (m) (108)

heart

kaam (m) (14)

work

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5 / 7: dukh

jab se tu bichhDa hai

tab se aish sab gham ho gaya

with you beside me, my love,

even pain felt like joy

but from the moment you left

ever joy has turned into sorrow

dukh (m) (7)

sorrow, grief

aish (f) (6)

fun, frolic

bichhDa (m) (1)

disperse, part way

tab (3)

pain, shining

sab (13)

all

gham (m) (19)

sorrow, sadness

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6 / 7: dukh

hans rahee hain

aur kaajal bheegtaa hai saath saath

the sorrow of women is peculiar

and their happiness stranger still

ther are smiling,

yet their kohl gets wet

laDkiyon (f) (1)

women, girls

dukh (m) (7)

sorrow, grief

ajab (11)

strange, wonderful

ajeeb (8)

strange, weird

hans (7)

swans / smile, laugh

kaajal (m) (1)

kohl, eyeliner

get wet

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7 / 7: dukh

ek ajnabi ki tarah

main khud apne ghar mein tha

no one in my home

understood my joys and sorrows

like a stranger, i lived

in my own home

Anonymous

understand, deem

dukh (m) (7)

sorrow, grief

ajnabi (f) (5)

stranger

khud (23)

myself

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