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3 Urdu couplets and shers with jee

jee(m): heart, soul

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1 / 3: jee

marna to laazim hai ik din jee bhar ke ab jee to luun

marne se pahle mar jaana

mere bas ki baat nahin

death is certain someday

let me live my life fully now

to die before dying

that is beyond me

Kunwar Mahendra Singh Bedi Sahar (2)

necessary

jee (m) (3)

heart, soul

pahle (m) (8)

before

Theme: Time, Life & Learning (133)

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2 / 3: jee

jee DhoonDta hai phir wahi fursat ke raat din

baiThe rahen

tasavvur-e-jaanan kiye hue

the heart keeps searching

for those days and nights of ease

sitting enmeshed

with the thoughts of my beloved

Mirza Ghalib (64)

jee (m) (3)

heart, soul

DhoonDta (m) (2)

search, look for

fursat (f) (5)

leisure, freedom

raat (f) (14)

night

tasavvur (m) (8)

imagination

jaanan (m) (1)

beloved, sweetheart

Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (121)

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3 / 3: jee

muddat ke baad us ne jo ki lutf ki nigaah

jee khush to ho gayaa

magar aansoo nikal paDe

after ages, when she

cast an affectionate glance

my heart rejoiced

but tears flowed out

muddat (f) (5)

period, duration

baad (11)

breeze / after

lutf (m) (8)

comfort, joy, pleasure

nigaah (m) (8)

sight, gaze, glance

jee (m) (3)

heart, soul

happy

magar (29)

yet, but

come out, emerge

Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (121)

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