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2 Urdu ash'ar / shayari (shers, couplets) by

Abad Lakhnavi

1813-1845,

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)

1 / 2: Abad Lakhnavi

faqat umeed hai bakhshish ki teri rahmat se

vagarna afv ke qaabil

mire gunaah nahin

it is only by your mercy

that i expect absolution

else, my sins are beyond

any claim for pardon

Abad Lakhnavi (2)

only, just, simply

hope, expectation

mercy

otherwise

afv (1)

pardon, forgiveness

worthy, deserving

Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (67)

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2 / 2: Abad Lakhnavi

uDaaun kyuun na garebaan ki dhajjiyan haihaat

vahi ye haath hain jin mein

kisi ka daaman tha

what wonder if i rip apart

the rags of my robe

for these very hands once

held the hem of my beloved

Abad Lakhnavi (2)

collar of robe

shreds, tatters

alas, what a pity

haath (10)

hand

hem (clothes), lap

Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (106)

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Voice, Expression, & Language (70)

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