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4 Urdu ash'ar / shaayari (shers, couplets) containing the word:

ruuh: soul, spirit

1 / 4: ruuh

ho ruuh ke taainjism se kis tarah mohabbat?

taair ko qafas se bhi

kahin ho hai mohabbat?

can the spirit truly

fall in love with the body?

can a bird ever feel

love for its own prison?

Abdul ‘Taban’ Hai (6)
ruuh (4)

soul, spirit

taain (1)

towards

jism (6)

body

tarah (15)

type, like, similar to

love

taair (1)

bird

qafas (5)

cage, prison

Theme: Oppression, Rebellion, & Freedom (57)

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2 / 4: ruuh

ruuh bulbul ki

iraada rakhti hai parwaaz ka

having cut the wings,

may the hunter not rest content

the soul of the nightingale

is set on flying

kaaT (3)

cut

par (15)

wings, feathers / upon

rest

captor, hunter

careless

ruuh (4)

soul, spirit

bulbul (7)

nightingale

iraada (2)

desire

flight, soaring

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3 / 4: ruuh

nazar aati hai unko

apni manzil aasmaanon mein

when the soaring hearts

of the youth awaken

then they see their goals

in the skies above

uqaabi (1)

like an eagle, soaring

ruuh (4)

soul, spirit

bedaar (2)

awaken, awakened

seen

manzil (24)

goal, destination

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4 / 4: ruuh

jism ki pyaas bujhaane

pe bhi raazi nikla

he knew the reasons of

my soul's turmoil

but he was content with

quenching his body's thirst

ruuh (4)

soul, spirit

uljhan (1)

turmoil, entanglement

sabab (2)

reason

jism (6)

body

pyaas (1)

thirst

raazi (1)

content, willing

nikla (10)

turned out, came out

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