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

talwaar: sword

1 / 2: talwaar

is saadgi pe kaun na mar jaaye, ai khuda

laDte hain aur haath mein

talwaar bhi naheen

who wouldn’t lay down his life,

oh god, at this innocence

she fights but without

a sword in her hand

Mirza Ghalib (62)

innocence, simplicity

khuda (29)

god

haath (10)

hand

sword

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2 / 2: talwaar

teer-o-talwaar se baDh kar hai teri tirchhi nigah

saikDon aashiqon ka

khoon kiye baiThi hai

sharper than blade or bow is

that slanted gaze of yours

and there you sit,

having slayed a million lovers

Mah Laqa Chanda (5)

teer (5)

arrow

sword

slanted

sight, vision, glance

many, hundreds

lovers

blood

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