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1 Urdu ash'ar / shayari (shers, couplets) by

Shabab Lakhnavi

1893-1961,

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)

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main tere husn ka khalwat mein tamashaayi huun

aaina seekh na jaaye

kaheen hairat meri

i am, in isolation,

a spectator of your beauty

may the mirror not learn

of my awe and wonder

Shabab Lakhnavi (1)

husn (19)

beauty

loneliness / intimacy

spectator

mirror

to learn

awe, wonder

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