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

khulta: open

1 / 2: khulta

khulta kisi pe kyon mere dil ka maamla

sheron ke intekhaab

ne ruswa kiya mujhe

why should my heart’s matters

be open for all to see

my selection of poetry

has disgraced me enough

Mirza Ghalib (63)

open

dil (98)

heart

affairs, matters

choice, selection

badreputation, infamy

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2 / 2: khulta

lab kuchh bhi kahen is se haqeeqat naheen khulti

insaan ke sach jhoot

ki pehchaan hain aankhen

no matter what the lips say

the reality is not revealed

the eyes are the real markers

of truth and lies

Sahir Ludhianvi (18)

1971: Padma Shri

2013: Commemorative Stamp India

lab (19)

lip, lips

reality, fact

open

human

identify, recognize

eyes

Theme: Voice, Expression, & Language (70)

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