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1 Urdu couplets and shers with gori

gori(f): fair maiden, beloved

Description of gori: Gori is an Urdu word meaning a fair-skinned or white woman, often used colloquially to describe someone with light complexion. Unlike darker-skinned individuals idealized in some South Asian beauty standards, gori evokes images of porcelain-like fairness associated with Western or North Indian features. Differs from "sundar," which broadly means beautiful regardless of skin tone, as gori specifically highlights paleness. In Urdu poetry, it appears in romantic ghazals symbolizing unattainable beauty,

1 / 1: gori

gori sove sej parmukh par Daare kes

chal 'khusro' ghar aapne

rain bhai chahun des

the beloved rests on her bed

her face veiled by her tresses

come, 'khusro', let us go home

the night has spread all across

Ameer Khusrau (2)
gori (f) (1)

fair maiden, beloved

sove (m) (1)

sleeps

mukh (m) (1)

face

kes (m) (1)

hair, tresses

rain (m) (1)

night

chahun (m) (1)

four

des (m) (1)

directions

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