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1 Urdu couplets and shers with andhon

andhon: blind

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ab mujh se karobaar ki haalat na poochhiye

aaina bechtaa hoon main

andhon ke shahar mein

ask me not about

the fortunes of my business

i sell mirrors

in the city of the blind

Mahmood Ayaz (Mehmood Ayaz) (1)

karobaar (m) (2)

business

haalat (f) (4)

condition, situation

aaina (m) (7)

mirror

andhon (1)

blind

shahar (m) (2)

city

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