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2 Urdu ashaar / shayari (shers, couplets) by

Ummeed Fazli

1923-2005,

Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh)

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musaafir hain musaafir har taraf

magar har shakhs

tanha ja raha hai

travelers all around

travelers everywhere

but each of them

traveling alone

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fellow traveler

from (that side)

person, individual

alone

Theme: Quest, Journey, & Destination (53)

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din to phir din hai guzar jaati hai

raat kat thi hai

badi mushkil se

day is but a day,

it passes fast

it is the night that

is difficult to bear

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difficult, hard

guzar (13)

pass through, spent

to (3)

so

Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (106)

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