The use of Metaphors, Similes in Hindi using References to Nature Posted by Nitya on Mar 20, 2018 in Hindi Language
Songs from Hindi cinema are filled with metaphors, and many of these are derived from nature. Newfound love नया प्यार (nayaa pyaar) is compared to the first rain पहली बारिश (pehli baarish) of the season. Loneliness तन्हाई (tanhaai) is likened to the desert रेगिस्तान (registaan). Impending trouble or sorrow दुःख-दर्द (dukh-dard) hangs overhead like rain clouds मेघ (megh). Youth जवानी (jawaani) is like a bud waiting to spring into bloom कली का खिलना (kali ka khilnaa).
 Asian Koel (Image by Saud Faisal on Flickr.com) Koyal si teri boli … कोयल = koyal/koel bird
कोयल सी = koyal si/koel si; like the koel bird
तेरी बोली = teri boli; your voice / words
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यह चाँद सा रोशन चेहरा …
(This face, bright like the moon.)
यह = yeh; his
चाँद = chaand; moon
चाँद सा = chaand sa; like the moon
रोशन = roshan; bright
चेहरा = chehraa; face
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मेरे नैना सावन भादो …
(My eyes are like the monsoon months Saavan/Shravan and Bhado/Bhadrapad.)
मेरे = mere; my नैना = naina; eyes
सावन = saavan; the Hindu month of Shravan
भादो = bhaado; the Hindu month of Bhadrapad
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चौदहवीं का चाँद हो या आफ़ताब हो …
(Are you [your beauty like that of] the full moon or the sun … )
चौदहवीं = fchaudahvin; fourteenth
का = ka; of
चाँद = chaand; moon
चौदहवीं का चाँद = chaudahvin ka chaand; the full moon
या = ya; or
आफ़ताब (Urdu) = aaftab; sun
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In addition to these, here are some more words describing various objects in nature.
Vocabulary
| कली | kali | bud |
| चाँद/ चंदा | chaand/chanda | moon |
| सूरज की रोशनी | suraj ki roshni | the brightness of the sun |
| कोयल | koel/koyal | the koel bird |
| पंछी / पाखी | pancchi/paakhi | bird |
| चिड़िया | chidiya | bird |
| पवन | pavan | wind |
| रेगिस्तान | registan | desert |
| बरसात | barsaat | rain |
| झील का कँवल | jheel ka kanwal | jheel = lake; kanwal = lotus |
| झरना | jharna | waterfall |
| काँटा | kaanta | thorn |
| बिजली | bijli | lightning |
| बादल / मेघ / बदरा | baadal/megh/badra | clouds |
| ओस | ose | dew |
| फूल | phool | flower |
| पत्ते | patte | leaves |
| पतझड़ | patjhad | autumn |
| बसंत | basant | spring |
| सावन | saavan | monsoon |
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