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

balaa: troubles / intensity

1 / 2: balaa

dil ko rafiq ishq mein apna samajh na 'zauq'

Tal jaayega ye apni balaa

tujh pe Daal kar

in love, don’t mistake your

heart to be your friend, ‘zauq’

it will dump its troubles

on you and flee

Shaikh Ibrahim Zauq (6)

dil (98)

heart

friend

ishq (34)

love

understand

troubles / intensity

Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (64)

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2 / 2: balaa

peeye baiTha huun josh ilm-o-nazar ke saikDoN qulzum

are, phir bhi, balaa ki tishnagi

maaloom hoti hai

i have drunk, josh, from hundreds of

oceans of knowledge and insights

but still,

an unbearable thirst grips me

Josh Malihabadi (5)

sitting

ilm (5)

knowledge, learning

nazar (30)

perspective, sight

ocean, abyss

troubles / intensity

thirst

Theme: Creativity, Philosophy, & Enlightenment (38)

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