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

Hari Chand Akhtar

1900-1958,

Hoshiarpur (Punjab)

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shaikh-o-pandit dharm aur islam ki baaten karein

kuchh khuda ke qahr kuchh inaam

ki baaten karein

the cleric and the priest

talk of their faiths

talking of god's wrath

and sometimes of divine favor

Hari Chand Akhtar (1)

holy man, scholar

priest, scholar

religion

khuda (29)

god

qahr (1)

calamity / force / wrath

Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (67)

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