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

khushi: happiness

1 / 8: khushi

na gila hai na shikaayatmujhe bedaad ki hai

hai wahi meri khushi

jo mere sayyaad ki hai

neither complaint nor grievance

i have against the tyranny

my happiness is exactly

what pleases my captor

Lala Madhav Ram ‘Jauhar’ (7)
gila (9)

fault, complaint

complaint, protest

bedaad (1)

oppression

khushi (8)

happiness

captor, hunter

Theme: Oppression, Rebellion, & Freedom (57)

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2 / 8: khushi

mere naseeb ki har ek

khushi mile tum ko

may i take all the sorrows

that are meant for you

and may all the happiness

destined for me...be yours

hisse (2)

accounts

gham (18)

sorrow, sadness

naseeb (3)

fate, destiny

khushi (8)

happiness

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3 / 8: khushi

main dil ko us mukaam

pe laata chala gaya

where the difference between

joy and sorrow is not felt

i kept taking my heart to

that place again and again

1971: Padma Shri

2013: Commemorative Stamp India

gham (18)

sorrow, sadness

khushi (8)

happiness

farak (1)

difference

experience, feeling

dil (96)

heart

mukaam (1)

place

laata (1)

bring

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4 / 8: khushi

har ghar mein bas

ek hi kamra kam hai

everyone is just

one step away from happiness

every home is short of

just one room

2007: Padma Bhushan

2013: Sahitya Akademi Award

sab (12)

all

khushi (8)

happiness

faasla (6)

distance

qadam (5)

step

kamra (2)

room

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5 / 8: khushi

tujh se mil kar

udaas rehta huun

meeting you

is surely a matter of joy

but after meeting you

i remain sad

1971: Padma Shri

2013: Commemorative Stamp India

khushi (8)

happiness

mil (6)

meet

udaas (5)

sad

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6 / 8: khushi

tanhaayi 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

loneliness, solitude

gham (18)

sorrow, sadness

aalam (10)

world, state

khushi (8)

happiness

mehfil (17)

gathering, concert

arrange, decorate

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7 / 8: khushi

yaar jis haal me rakhe

wohi haal achcha hai

neither happiness is good, o heart,

nor is sadness

the state my beloved leaves me in

that state is good

khushi (8)

happiness

malaal (2)

sorrow, grief, regret

yaar (19)

friend, beloved

haal (16)

plight, condition

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8 / 8: khushi

shaayad khushi bhi yaad aati hai toh

aansoon bankar aati hai

life is nothing

but endless sorrow

even joy, when remembered

returns, perhaps, only as tears

1971: Padma Shri

2013: Commemorative Stamp India

hayaat (3)

life

endless, constant

gham (18)

sorrow, sadness

siwa (2)

butfor, except

perhaps, maybe

khushi (8)

happiness

tears

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