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

qaid: imprisoned, captive

1 / 4: qaid

qaid-e-mazhab se tere

paaband-e-ulfat hain bari

kya gharaz kyun jaayen

suu-e-kaaba-o-butkhaana hum

your love is shackled

by the prison of religion

why bother, why should we go

to the mosque or the temple

Faheem Gorakhpuri (6)
qaid (4)

imprisoned, captive

mazhab (5)

religion

bound, confined

ulfat (6)

love, friendship, affection

gharaz (4)

self-interest, purpose

kaaba (3)

holy mosque in Mecca

temple, place of idols

Theme: Religion, Reason & Tradition (63)

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2 / 4: qaid

saahil pe qaid

laakhon safinon ke vaaste

meri shikasta naav hai

toofan liye hue

the piers on the shore

are for lakhs of boats

but my battered boat

is for the storm ahead

toofan (7)

storm, cyclone

saahil (4)

shore, coast

qaid (4)

imprisoned, captive

boats

broken, battered.

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3 / 4: qaid

achchha ye karam hum pe

tu sayyaad kare hai

par noch ke ab qaid se

aazaad kare hai

strange is this favor

you do to me, my captor

first you tear my wings

and then you set me free

aazaad (5)

free, freed

karam (8)

kindness, grace, favor

captor, hunter

par (12)

wings, feathers, upon

noch (1)

clip, tear

qaid (4)

imprisoned, captive

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4 / 4: qaid

qurbatein hote hue bhi

faaslon mein qaid hain

kitni azaadi se hum

apni hadon mein qaid hain

even in closeness, we are

imprisoned by distances

how freely we are confined

within our boundaries

closeness

distances

qaid (4)

imprisoned, captive

azaadi (2)

freedom

hadon (1)

boundaries

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