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

vaaiz: priest, holy man

1 / 4: vaaiz

jaise dozakh ki hava kha keabhi aaya ho

kis qadar vaaiz-e-makkaar

Daraata hai mujhe

as if he has just come

breathing the air of hell

how deceitful is this cunning preacher

trying to frighten me

Yagaana Changezi (8)
dozakh (5)

hell

hava (8)

breeze, wind

qadar (7)

amount of, degree

vaaiz (4)

priest, holy man

deceitful, hypocritical

Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (68)

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2 / 4: vaaiz

kyaa baat hai vaaiz ki

yahaan aur wahaan aur

what is forbidden in this world

is allowed and enjoyed in paradise

what's with the preacher's rules

some here and some there?

mamnua (1)

forbidden, prohibited

jannat (8)

heaven

jaaez (1)

permissible

vaaiz (4)

priest, holy man

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3 / 4: vaaiz

main apna jaam uThaatha huun

tu kitaab uTha

let’s find out, o priest, where the

lightning comes from

i will raise my glass of wine,

you raise your holy book

1959: Sahitya Akademi

barq (4)

lightning

sparkle

vaaiz (4)

priest, holy man

jaam (10)

wine cup, goblet

kitaab (5)

book

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4 / 4: vaaiz

ye jaam-e-mai tha ya koyi

dariya-e-noor tha?

soon as he sipped the wine, o cup-bearer,

the preacher was awakened

was that a goblet of wine, or

radiant river of light?

vaaiz (4)

priest, holy man

eyes

khul (4)

open

jaam (10)

wine cup, goblet

mai (7)

spirit, wine

dariya (12)

river

noor (10)

light, radiance

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