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

Waheeda Naseem

1927-1996,

Karachi (Pakistan)

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ham ajnabi hain aaj bhi apne dayaar mein

har shakhs poochhta hai yahi

tum yahaan kahaan

i remain a stranger

in my own land

everyone still asks

'what are you doing here?'

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ajnabi (5)

stranger

dayaar (3)

territory, region

shakhs (15)

person, individual

Theme: Home, Country, & Belonging (28)

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