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

asl: actually, in reality

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qaid-e-hayaat o band-e-gham asl me dono ek hai

maut se pahle aadmi

gham se najaat paaye kyun

the prison of life and

the chain of sorrow are the same

why should we seek

release from grief before dying?

Mirza Ghalib (63)

qaid (5)

imprisoned, captive

hayaat (4)

life

band (6)

string, hostage, captive

gham (19)

sorrow, sadness

asl (1)

actually, in reality

maut (4)

death

pahle (7)

before

najaat (1)

freedom, deliverance

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