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4 Urdu couplets and shers with badalte

badalte: change

Description of badalte:

"Badalte" is the present participle form of the Hindi/Urdu verb "badalna," meaning "changing" or "transforming," often used to describe shifts in circumstances, relationships, or states. Unlike static descriptors like "badla hua" , it conveys ongoing flux. Differs from "badla" , focusing instead on evolution rather than retribution. In poetry, it evokes transient emotions, as in film songs lamenting "badalte rishte" .

1 / 4: badalte

zindagi ka yahitaqaaza hai

shaam to subha mein

badalte raho

this is only demand

of life

keep turning every evening

into a dawn

Shaik Iqbal (1)
zindagi (f) (41)

life

taqaaza (m) (5)

demand, requirement

shaam (f) (21)

evening

subha (m) (1)

morning, dawn

badalte (4)

change

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2 / 4: badalte

aaye duniya

hamaare saath chale

we shift the course

and direction of winds

come on, world,

walk with us

change

rukh (m) (13)

face, direction

hawaaon (m) (2)

winds

duniya (m) (26)

world

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3 / 4: badalte

wahi duniya

badalte ja rahe hain

those who keep growing,

braving the storms

those are the ones

that keep changing the world

1959: Sahitya Akademi

toofanon (m) (1)

storms, cyclones

rahe (21)

remain

duniya (m) (26)

world

change

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4 / 4: badalte

hum ne pal bhar mein

naseebon ko badalte dekha

those enthroned in the morn

were declared criminals by dusk

we have, in a blink,

seen fortunes reversed

subh (m) (7)

morning, dawn

takht (m) (3)

throne

seated

shaam (f) (21)

evening

mujrim (m) (1)

criminal

pal (m) (7)

moment, nurture

naseebon (m) (1)

fortunes

change

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