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gale milna: to embrace

Description of gale milna: Gale milna is an Urdu idiom meaning to embrace or hug someone closely, often as a gesture of affection, reconciliation, or emotional reunion. Unlike a casual handshake, it involves full physical closeness with arms around the neck or shoulders. Differs from mere greetings by conveying deep warmth or resolution of conflicts. In poetry, it symbolizes lovers' union or heartfelt forgiveness, as in ghazals evoking passionate longing.

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mil ke hoti thi kabhi eid bhi diwali bhi

ab ye haalat hai ki

dar dar ke gale milte hain

we celebrated together

sometimes eid, sometimes diwali

now it is such that

we embrace with trepidation

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haalat (f) (3)

condition, situation

gale milna (1)

to embrace

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