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

samjhe: to understand

1 / 7: samjhe

yaa-rab, woh na samjhe haina samjhenge meri baat

de aur dil un ko

jo na de mujh ko zabaan aur

oh god, she doesn’t understand me

nor will she ever

either give her another heart

or give me more eloquence

Mirza Ghalib (62)
rab (3)

god

samjhe (7)

to understand

dil (96)

heart

zabaan (8)

language, tongue

Theme: Voice, Expression, & Language (70)

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2 / 7: samjhe

aur woh samjhe naheen

ye khaamoshi kya cheez hai

i could never speak

my heart to her

and she never understood

what my silence meant

2013: Padma Shri

1998: Sahitya Akademi

labon (2)

lips

haal (16)

plight, condition

dil (96)

heart

kabhi (24)

on occasion

samjhe (7)

to understand

silence

cheez (6)

things, matter

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3 / 7: samjhe

log samjhe ki

mar gaye hain ham

it is by first diving in and drowning

that i was able to cross the river

and here people are thinking

i was dead

samjhe (7)

to understand

duub (1)

drown

paar (1)

cross

Theme: Miscellany (44)

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4 / 7: samjhe

mil gaya

husn-e-bemisaal hamen

looking into the mirror

she said to herself

i have found

an unexampled beauty

husn (19)

beauty

aaina (6)

mirror

samjhe (7)

to understand

incomparable, unexampled

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5 / 7: samjhe

kya khabar thi

ek darwaaza khula rah jaayega

i thought all

the doors were sealed shut

who knew one

would remain open

samjhe (7)

to understand

dar (8)

window, door, gate

lock

khabar (11)

news, awareness

door

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6 / 7: samjhe

kya kaha main ne

aap kya samjhe

describing my condition

sounds a complaint to you

i say one thing,

you construe something else

arz (2)

petition, plea

ahvaal (2)

condition, state

gila (9)

fault, complaint

samjhe (7)

to understand

aap (10)

respectful 'you'

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7 / 7: samjhe

nutq ne haivaan se

musht-e-khaak ko insaan kiya

can one truly be human

who does not value speech?

it is eloquence that

turned a lump of dust into a human

samjhe (7)

to understand

sukhan (8)

speech, spoken words

qadr (4)

value, worth

nutq (1)

articulation, power of speaking

beast

musht (2)

fistful

khaak (4)

dust, ashes, worthless

insaan (12)

human

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