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2 Urdu couplets and shers with nam

nam(m): moist

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1 / 2: nam

agar apni chashm-e-nam par mujhe ikhtiyaar hota

to bhalaa ye raaz-e-ulfat

kabhi aashkaar hota

over my tearful eyes

if i had any control

perhaps the secret of my love

would've remained forever hidden

Yagana Changezi (8)

chashm (m) (3)

eyes

nam (m) (2)

moist

ikhtiyaar (m) (2)

control, authority

surely, indeed

raaz (m) (3)

secret

ulfat (f) (7)

love, friendship, affection

aashkaar (m) (1)

revealed, uncovered

Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (118)

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2 / 2: nam

toD diya tasbeeh ko is khayaal se ‘faraz’

kya gin gin ke nam lena uska

jo behisaab deta hai

i broke the prayer rosary

with this thought, ‘faraz’

why count and pray to one

who gives without keeping an account

Ahmad Faraz (21)

toD (4)

to break

tasbeeh (m) (1)

dream

khayaal (m) (15)

thoughts

gin (m) (1)

count

nam (m) (2)

moist

behisaab (m) (1)

without an account

Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (70)

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