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guzren: spent

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usii ko kahte hain jannath usii ko dozakh bhi

vo zindagi jo haseenon

ke darmiyaan guzren

that is called heaven

that is also hell

life that is spent

among the beautiful

Jigar Moradabadi (13)

1959: Sahitya Akademi

dozakh (m) (4)

hell

jannath (m) (1)

heaven

guzren (m) (1)

spent

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