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2 Urdu couplets and shers with aflaak

aflaak(m): heavenly body, skies

Description of aflaak: I appreciate your query, but I need to clarify that the search results provided are about Dutch words related to painting and varnishing , not the Urdu word "aflaak" you're asking about. Based on your specific instructions to explain the Urdu word "aflaak" in exactly sixty to sixty-five words with the requested structure, here is the response: Aflaak is an Urdu word meaning the celestial spheres or heavens in classical

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bas ek jast mein aflaak se nikal jaaun

phalaang jaaun zameen ko

main chaar qadmon se

yes, with one leap

i wish to flee the skies

and, in just four steps

stride across the earth

Aslam Habeeb (6)

jast (m) (1)

leap

aflaak (m) (2)

heavenly body, skies

nikal (9)

come out, emerge

phalaang (m) (1)

leap across

zameen (m) (13)

ground, earth, land

chaar (m) (6)

four

qadmon (m) (2)

footsteps

Theme: Hopes, Aspirations, & Dreams (37)

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kab talak azmat-e-aflaak ke gun gaaoge

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

Maatam Fazl Mohammad (1)

talak (m) (4)

till

azmat (f) (1)

greatness, magnificence

aflaak (m) (2)

heavenly body, skies

gun (m) (1)

praises, songs

gaaoge (1)

sing

khaak (m) (4)

dust, ashes, worthless

inkaar (m) (6)

rejection, refusal

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