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

honTon: lips

1 / 2: honTon

aankh mein paani rakho honTon pe chingaari rakho

zinda rahna hai to

tarkeeben bahut saari rakho

keep water in your eyes

and a spark on your lips

to stay alive

have many methods at hand

Rahat Indori (4)

aankh (11)

eyes, eye

lips

spark, ember

methods, mechanisms

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2 / 2: honTon

is shahar mein jeene ke andaaz niraale hain

honTon pe latife hain

awaaz mein chaale hain

in this city,

the style of living is so strange

wit and smile on the lips

but sharp edges in the voice

Javed Akhtar (10)

2007: Padma Bhushan

2013: Sahitya Akademi Award

city

mannerism, style

unique, strange, quaint

lips

voice

blisters, sores

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