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

dastak

knock (on the door)

1 / 2: dastak

ek main hoon aur

dastak kitne darwaazon pe doon?

kitni dahleezon pe

sajda ek peshaani kare

i am just one

how many doors must i knock upon?

before how many doorsteps

should i prostrate in submission?

Mahtab Haider Naqvi (1)
dastak (2)

knock (on the door)

doors

doorsteps, thresholds

sajda (2)

prostrate, bow

forehead

Theme: Grit, Resilience & Courage (45)

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2 / 2: dastak

yaad teri kabhi dastak

kabhi sargoshi se

raat ke pichle pehar

roz jagati hai hamen

your memory, sometimes as a knock

and sometimes as a whisper

wakes me up

in the wee hour, every night

1987: Sahitya Akademi

2008: Jnanpith

yaad (27)

memory, remember

kabhi (16)

on occasion

dastak (2)

knock (on the door)

whisper

raat (7)

night

pichle (1)

last

roz (9)

day, every day

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