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3 Urdu couplets and shers with kami

kami(f): short of

Description of kami: Kami in Urdu means scarcity, shortage, deficiency, or lack of something essential. Unlike bohot which denotes abundance, it conveys insufficiency in quantity or quality. Differs from ghaat that implies mere reduction, as kami emphasizes a critical shortfall affecting needs. In Urdu poetry, it evokes longing, as in Ghalib's verses lamenting the kami of divine mercy amid human frailty.

1 / 3: kami

rah gayi hai kuch kami to kya shikaayat hai 'faheem'?

is jahaan mein sab adhuure hain

mukammal kaun hai?

if you lack something,

why complain so much, faheem?

in this world, everyone is incomplete,

who is perfect?

Faheem Gorakhpuri (7)

kami (f) (3)

short of

shikaayat (f) (6)

complaint, protest

jahaan (m) (16)

world, universe

sab (14)

all

adhuure (m) (2)

incomplete

mukammal (5)

complete, full, entire

Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (132)

2 / 3: kami

bhari duniya mein ji naheen lagta

jaane kis cheez ki

kami hai abhi

this world of abundance

is not appealing to me

not sure what exactly

i am lacking now

Nasir Kazmi (9)

bhari (4)

filled

duniya (m) (26)

world

cheez (m) (7)

things, matter

kami (f) (3)

short of

Theme: Hopes, Aspirations, & Dreams (37)

3 / 3: kami

shaam se aankh mein nami si hai

aaj phir aap ki

kami si hai

this evening,

my eyes are moist

today, once again,

i feel your absence

Gulzar (Sampooran Singh Kalra) (7)

shaam (f) (21)

evening

aankh (m) (11)

eyes, eye

nami (f) (1)

moist

kami (f) (3)

short of

Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (119)

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