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Urdu · proverb · Nation, Faith & Society

Ek to karela dooja neem chadha

एक तो करेला दूजा नीम चढ़ा
Meaning

A bad thing made worse; doubly disagreeable.

Literally: bitter gourd, and climbed on a neem tree besides

See it in the verse

Ek to karela dooja neem chadha in Iqbal’s couplets

Mujhe aah-o-fughan-e-nim-shab ka phir payam aaya
Tham ai rah-rau ki shayad phir koi mushkil maqam aaya
The cry of the midnight again brought me its message: pause, traveller, for perhaps another hard pass has arrived.
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