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2 Urdu couplets and shers with talabgaar

talabgaar(m): seeker, suitor

Description of talabgaar: Talabgaar is an Urdu adjective meaning a seeker, one who is desirous or demanding, such as a suitor, claimant, or someone yearning for something. Unlike a mere wisher, it implies active pursuit or claim-making with intensity. Differs from passive longing by denoting deliberate effort in seeking fulfillment. In poetry, it evokes worldly desire, as in "duniy? k? talabg?r" for one craving material gains yet disillusioned.

1 / 2: talabgaar

duniya mein huunduniya ka talabgaar naheen huun

baazaar se guzra huun

kharidaar naheen huun

i am in the world

but i am not a seeker of worldly desires

i have passed through the market

but i am not a buyer

Akbar Allahabadi (12)
duniya (m) (27)

world

talabgaar (m) (2)

seeker, suitor

baazaar (m) (1)

market

guzra (2)

happened, pass through

kharidaar (m) (1)

buyer, customer

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2 / 2: talabgaar

haasil tujhe samajhte hain

donon jahaan mein hum

in this world and next

i seek only you

i consider you the prize

in both the worlds

duniya (m) (27)

world

aakhirat (f) (1)

hereafter, next life

talabgaar (m) (2)

seeker, suitor

haasil (m) (7)

capture, possess

understand, deem

donon (m) (5)

both

jahaan (m) (17)

world, universe

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