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

tamashaayi: spectator

1 / 2: tamashaayi

apne jalne ka hamesha se tamashaayi hoon

aag ye kis ne lagaayi

mujhe maloom naheen

i have always been

a spectator of my own ruin

as to who lit the fire

am yet to figure out

Mohammad Aazam (1)

always

spectator

aag (4)

fire

to know

Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (122)

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2 / 2: tamashaayi

main tere husn ka khalwat mein tamashaayi huun

aaina seekh na jaaye

kaheen hairat meri

i am, in isolation,

a spectator of your beauty

may the mirror not learn

of my awe and wonder

Shabab Lakhnavi (1)

husn (19)

beauty

loneliness / intimacy

spectator

mirror

to learn

awe, wonder

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