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

tawajjoh: attention, interest

1 / 2: tawajjoh

kyun mast-e-sharaab-e-aish-o-tarab takleef-e-tawajjoh farmaayen

aawaz-e-shikast-e-dil hi to hai

aawaz-e-shikast-e-jaam nahin

why draw needless attention to

the joy and elation inspired by wine

that sound is only of the heart breaking

not that of the (wine) goblet breaking

Jigar Moradabadi (12)

1959: Sahitya Akademi

wine, liquor, drink

mast (1)

intoxication, carefree

attention, interest

ecstasy, high emotion

broken, defeated

jaam (10)

wine cup, goblet

Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (65)

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2 / 2: tawajjoh

tawajjoh chaaragar ki baaes-e-takleef hai 'bekhud'

izaafa hai museebat mein

dawaaon ka asar karna

the attention of the healer is

the cause of more torment, ‘bekhud’

the medicine having effect

adds to my misery

Abbas Ali Khan Bekhud (1)

attention, interest

healer, doctor, physician

cause, basis

trouble, pain, misery

addition

Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (112)

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