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2 Urdu couplets and shers with mazloom

mazloom(m): oppressed

Description of mazloom: Mazloom is an Urdu word meaning an oppressed or wronged person, often evoking deep sympathy for the unjustly suffering. Unlike a mere victim who may seek revenge, mazloom embodies patient endurance under tyranny. Differs from zulm , as it refers specifically to the sufferer. In Urdu poetry, like Ghalib's ghazals, it portrays the lover as mazloom, forsaken yet resilient in divine injustice.

1 / 2: mazloom

jo hain mazloom un ko to taDapta chhoD dete hain

ye kaisa shahr hai zaalim ko

zinda chhoD dete hain?

the weak and the oppressed

are left to shiver and suffer

what kind of city is this

that lets the tyrants flourish?

Abbas Dana (1)

mazloom (m) (2)

oppressed

taDapta (2)

pulsate

shahr (m) (13)

city

zaalim (m) (8)

oppressor, tyrant

zinda (4)

alive

Theme: Oppression, Rebellion, & Freedom (61)

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2 / 2: mazloom

hazaaron zulm ho mazloom par to chup rahe duniya

agar mazloom kuchh bole to

dahshat-gard kahti hai

when countless cruelties are inflicted

on the oppressed, the world stays silent

but when the oppressed dare to speak out

it calls them terrorists

Zameer Atraulvi (2)

zulm (m) (12)

cruelty, tyranny

mazloom (m) (2)

oppressed

duniya (m) (26)

world

dahshat-gard (m) (1)

terrorist

Theme: Oppression, Rebellion, & Freedom (61)

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