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

sheher: city

1 / 4: sheher

'jamaal' har sheher se hai pyaaravo sheher mujh ko

jahaan se dekha tha

pehli baar aasmaan main ne

jamaal, of all the cities

that city is dear to me

from where i saw the sky

for the first time

Jamal Ehsani (2)
aasmaan (14)

sky

sheher (4)

city

pyaara (2)

beloved

for the first time

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2 / 4: sheher

hum apne sheher mein hote

to ghar gaye hote

this freezing night, this restless drifting

this burden of sleep

if i were in my town

i would have gone home

sard (1)

cold

raat (10)

night

wandering, aimlessness

neend (5)

sleep

bojh (2)

burden

sheher (4)

city

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3 / 4: sheher

jis mein ek bhi ghar

nahi mere naam ka

my heart is like

a big, busy city

in which not even

one house is in my name

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dil (101)

heart

sheher (4)

city

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4 / 4: sheher

na ho yaqeen to phir

mojza na maange koi

go tell the dwellers of

this city of skepticism

those who don't believe

shouldn't expect miracles either

sheher (4)

city

uncertainty, skepticism

dwellers

yaqeen (10)

faith, belief

mojza (1)

miracle

maange (1)

to ask for

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