2 Urdu couplets and shers with bojh
bojh(m): burden
Description of bojh: Bojh is an Urdu word meaning burden or load, referring to something heavy carried physically or emotionally. It represents weightliteral or metaphoricalthat one bears. Unlike the English word "burden," bojh carries cultural resonance in South Asian literature and daily speech. Differs from "bojh" is the lighter term "wazn," which simply means weight without the emotional heaviness. In Urdu poetry and literature, bojh often symbolizes life's struggles, responsibilities, and sorrows that
1 / 2: bojh
rahte rahte station par
log coolie ho jaate hain
bearing burdens is hardly a passion
it is a barter of compulsion
staying at the station
people soon become porters
2014: Sahitya Akademi
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2 / 2: bojh
hum apne sheher mein hote
to ghar gaye hote
this freezing night, this restless drifting
this burden of sleep
if i were in my town
i would have gone home
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