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

hansta: smiling, laughing and Urdu couplets and shers with hansta

1 / 2: hansta

dil ko sambhaale hansta bolta rahta hun lekin

sach puucho to 'zeb'

tabeeyat Theek naheen hoti

to pacify the heart

i try and speak smilingly, but

to tell the truth, ‘zeb’,

`don’t feel any better within

2005: Sitara-i-Imtiaz

dil (m) (106)

heart

sambhaale (m) (1)

recover, comfort

hansta (m) (2)

smiling, laughing

sach (m) (4)

truth

tabeeyat (f) (2)

disposition, condition

right, fine

Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (65)

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2 / 2: hansta

takhleeq-e-kayenaat ke dilchasp jurm par

hansta to hoga aap bhi

yazdaan...kabhi kabhi

on the fascinating crime of

the creation of the universe

you too, oh god, must be

laughing...once in a while

Abdul Hamid Adam (12)

takhleeq (m) (1)

creation

kayenaat (f) (4)

universe

dilchasp (m) (1)

interesting, fascinating

jurm (m) (4)

crime

par (m) (17)

wings, feathers / upon

hansta (m) (2)

smiling, laughing

aap (12)

respectful 'you'

kabhi (26)

on occasion

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