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4 Urdu couplets and shers with sheher

sheher(m): city

1 / 4: sheher

koi to sheher-e-tazabzub kesaakinon se kahe

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

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tazabzub (m) (1)

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to ask for

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2 / 4: sheher

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

aasmaan (m) (17)

sky

sheher (m) (4)

city

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beloved

pehli baar (m) (1)

for the first time

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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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4 / 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 (m) (1)

cold

raat (f) (11)

night

aavaargi (f) (1)

wandering, aimlessness

neend (f) (5)

sleep

bojh (m) (2)

burden

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city

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