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

khaak: dust, ashes, worthless

1 / 4: khaak

seene ka daagh hai woh naalake lab tak na gaya

khaak ka rizq hai woh qatra

ke dariya na hua

it remains a scar on the heart

the lament that didn’t reach the lips

it remains a part of the dust

the drop that doesn’t become the river

Mirza Ghalib (62)
dariya (12)

river

seene (7)

heart, chest

daagh (4)

scars, stains

naala (4)

cry, lament, wail

lab (18)

lip, lips

khaak (4)

dust, ashes, worthless

qatra (4)

drop, drop of water

Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (106)

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2 / 4: khaak

azmat-e-khaak se inkaar

karoge kab tak

for how long will you sing

praises for heavenly gods

for how long will you deny

human greatness

talak (4)

till

azmat (1)

greatness, magnificence

aflaak (2)

heavenly body, skies

gun (1)

praises, songs

gaaoge (1)

sing

khaak (4)

dust, ashes, worthless

inkaar (6)

rejection, refusal

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3 / 4: khaak

ki ek hi nigaah

ki bas khaak ho gaye

i had gone to complain

about being ignored

with just one glance

i turned into dust

khaak (4)

dust, ashes, worthless

neglect

nigaah (7)

sight, gaze, glance

gila (9)

fault, complaint

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4 / 4: khaak

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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