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2 Urdu couplets and shers with butkhaana

butkhaana(m): temple, place of idols

1 / 2: butkhaana

qaid-e-mazhab se tere paaband-e-ulfat hain bari

kya gharaz kyun jaayen

suu-e-kaaba-o-butkhaana hum

your love is shackled

by the prison of religion

why bother going to

mosque or temple

Faheem Gorakhpuri (7)

qaid (m) (5)

imprisoned, captive

mazhab (m) (5)

religion

paaband (m) (1)

bound, confined

ulfat (f) (7)

love, friendship, affection

gharaz (m) (4)

self-interest, purpose

kaaba (m) (3)

holy mosque in Mecca

butkhaana (m) (2)

temple, place of idols

Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (70)

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2 / 2: butkhaana

hum ishq ke bande hain mazhab se naheen waaqif

gar kaaba hua to kya

butkhaana hua to kya

we are devotees of love,

not of dogmas

whether a mosque or a temple,

so what?

Asifud Daula (6)

ishq (m) (34)

love

bande (m) (2)

children

mazhab (m) (5)

religion

waaqif (m) (3)

aware of, familiar

kaaba (m) (3)

holy mosque in Mecca

butkhaana (m) (2)

temple, place of idols

Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (70)

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