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1 Urdu couplets and shers with jatan

jatan: effort, deliberate caution

1 / 1: jatan

ye mera fareb-e-nazar naheen mere hum safar thay yaheen kaheen

mujhe aahaTen bhi naa mil sakeen

woh baDe jatan se chale gaye

this is not an illusion of my eyes

my companions were here somewhere

i couldn't hear even their soft footsteps

they slipped away with great stealth

Shaz Tamkanat (3)

fareb (m) (5)

trick, deceit

nazar (f) (34)

perspective, sight

safar (m) (27)

journey, travel

aahaTen (f) (1)

light sound (of footsteps)

mil (9)

meet

jatan (1)

effort, deliberate caution

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jatan: effort, deliberate caution

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