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2 Urdu couplets and shers with naadaani

naadaani(f): innocence, naivete

1 / 2: naadaani

yahi seekha hai meine zindagi se

ke naadaani hai

behtar aagahi se

i have learnt

this much from life

that ignorance is

better than awareness

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zindagi (f) (41)

life

better

aagahi (f) (4)

awareness

learned

naadaani (f) (2)

innocence, naivete

Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (126)

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2 / 2: naadaani

kis kis ko samjhaayega ye naadaani choD

chehre ko sundar bana

aayina mat toD

to whom all will you justify?

quit this helpless lamenting

make your face better

don’t break the mirror

Anonymous

naadaani (f) (2)

innocence, naivete

chehre (m) (6)

face, countenance

aayina (m) (1)

mirror

Theme: Miscellany (44)

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