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1 Urdu couplets and shers with shikve

shikve(m): complaints

Description of shikve: Shikve is an Urdu word meaning a gentle complaint, grievance, or expression of romantic longing, often conveying emotional hurt without bitterness. Unlike outright anger, it carries a tender, affectionate tone seeking reconciliation. Differs from shikayat, which implies a formal accusation or stronger protest. In poetry, like Ghalib's ghazals, it evokes lovers' subtle laments over separation.

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kitne shikve gile hain pahle hi

raah mein faasle hain

pahle hi

there are already

so many complaints, grievances

there is aleady

so much estrangement (between us)

Farigh Bukhari (3)

shikve (m) (1)

complaints

gile (m) (1)

grievances

pahle (m) (7)

before

raah (m) (23)

street, path

faasle (m) (3)

distances, distance

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