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

musht: fistful

1 / 2: musht

na kisi ki aankh ka noor huun na kisi ke dil ka qaraar huun

jo kisi ke kaam na aa sakey

main vo ek musht-e-gubaar huun

am not the light of anyone’s eyes

nor offer comfort to any heart

could not be of value to anyone

was just a handful of dust

Muztar Khairabadi (4)

aankh (11)

eyes, eye

noor (10)

light, radiance

dil (94)

heart

peace, calm, tranquil

kaam (12)

work

fistful

dust

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2 / 2: musht

aadmi kya woh na samjhe jo sukhan ki qadr ko

nutq ne haivaan se

musht-e-khaak ko insaan kiya

can one truly be human

who does not value speech?

it is eloquence that

turned a lump of dust into a human

Haider Ali Aatish (5)

to understand

speech, spoken words

qadr (4)

value, worth

nutq (1)

articulation, power of speaking

beast

fistful

dust, ashes, worthless

human

Theme: Voice, Expression, & Language (70)

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