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2 Urdu couplets and shers with mauquuf

mauquuf: postponement, dependent

Description of mauquuf:

The Urdu word mauquuf means postponed, delayed, or dependent upon someone's will. It describes something suspended in time or contingent on another's decision. Unlike words suggesting permanent cessation, mauquuf implies temporary deferment with potential resumption. Differs from simple delay by emphasizing dependence on external authority or discretion. In classical Urdu poetry, the term carries profound philosophical weight, expressing how human affairs remain subject to divine will or fate's uncertain course.

1 / 2: mauquuf

mauquuf hai kyuunhashr pe insaaf hamaara

qissa jo yahaan ka hai

to phir tai bhi yaheen ho

why postpone the verdict

of justice until after death

whatever account is of here

let it be settled right here

Mahboob Azmi (1)
insaaf (m) (2)

justice

mauquuf (2)

postponement, dependent

hashr (m) (2)

day of judgment

qissa (m) (2)

story, account

tai (f) (2)

traverse, pass through

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2 / 2: mauquuf

nazren javaan hon to

khizaan bhi bahaar hai

the radiance of the garden

needs no season of flowers

if the sight is young and alive

even autumn blooms like spring

postponement, dependent

fasl (m) (5)

crop, season

gul (m) (22)

flower

chaman (m) (8)

garden

nazren (1)

eyes, gazes

javaan (1)

young

khizaan (f) (2)

old, decay

bahaar (f) (13)

spring

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