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

aalam: world, state

1 / 9: aalam

is aalam-e-veeraan meinya anjuman-aaraai

do roz ki mehfil hai

ek umr ki tanhaai

what use decorating the gathering

in this desolate world

two days of festivities

and a lifetime of loneliness

Sufi Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum (2)
aalam (9)

world, state

desolate, empty

gathering, assembly

aaraai (1)

adornment, decoration

roz (12)

day, every day

mehfil (17)

gathering, concert

umr (15)

life

tanhaai (11)

solitude, loneliness

Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (112)

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2 / 9: aalam

tanhaai mein bhi

apni hi mehfil sajaayi

when I found myself

i found joy even in worldly sorrows

even in solitude

i arranged my own gathering

khud (22)

myself

paaya (5)

to gain, to secure

gham (19)

sorrow, sadness

aalam (9)

world, state

khushi (8)

happiness

tanhaai (11)

solitude, loneliness

mehfil (17)

gathering, concert

arrange, decorate

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3 / 9: aalam

bahaar-e-aalam-e-faani

rahe, rahe na rahe

the lightning of thought

shall remain forever

whether the beauty of this

fleeting world stays or fades away

aab (3)

water

hava (8)

breeze, wind

khayaal (14)

thoughts

bahaar (12)

spring

aalam (9)

world, state

faani (1)

mortal, transient

rahe (19)

remain

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4 / 9: aalam

aaj tak ye aalam hai

roshni se Darta huun

it has been ages since

my home burned down

and, to this day

i fear the glow of light

ages, long period

jal (4)

burn

home

aalam (9)

world, state

roshni (5)

light, brightness

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5 / 9: aalam

aalam mein tujh se laakh sahi

tu magar kahaan?

the one i die for

is so unique and special

there maybe millions like you

but how can you even compare?

rahe (19)

remain

aalam (9)

world, state

laakh (5)

hundred thousand

magar (25)

yet, but

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6 / 9: aalam

pukaar bhi na sake tujhko

tere naam se hum

this state of caution

how calamitous it was

i could not even

call out to you by your name

1971: Padma Shri

2013: Commemorative Stamp India

caution

aalam (9)

world, state

catastrophe, apocalypse

pukaar (1)

call

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7 / 9: aalam

jang yugon se

jaari hai

for the sake of

world peace

war has been

raging for ages

aman (3)

peace

aalam (9)

world, state

caring

jang (2)

fight, struggle

yugon (1)

eons, ages

jaari (2)

ongoing, flowing

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8 / 9: aalam

asir hone ki

aazaad aarzoo karte

should they see the world of

shackles of your tresses

even free men would

desire to be held hostage

shackles, chains

zulf (7)

tresses (of a woman)

aalam (9)

world, state

asir (1)

captive

aazaad (5)

free, freed

aarzoo (17)

desire

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9 / 9: aalam

ashk bah jaate hain

lekin aankh tar hoti naheen

such is the state now

that even grief goes unnoticed

tears stream down

yet the eyes remain dry

aalam (9)

world, state

gham (19)

sorrow, sadness

khabar (11)

news, awareness

ashk (5)

tears

bah (1)

to flow

aankh (11)

eyes, eye

tar (2)

wet

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