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

maqaam: dwelling

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maqaam, faiz, koyi raah mein jacha hi naheen

jo koo-e-yaar se nikle

to soo-e-dar chale

no station, faiz, seemed

appealing along the way

those who left the beloved's lane

walked straight to the gallows

Faiz Ahmad Faiz (22)

maqaam (1)

dwelling

raah (22)

street, path

jacha (1)

fitting, appealing

nikle (6)

emerge, come out

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