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1 Urdu ashaar / shayari (shers, couplets) by

Mazhar Mirza Jaan-e-Janaan

1699-1781,

Agra (Uttar Pradesh)

1 / 1: Mazhar Mirza Jaan-e-Janaan

ye hasrat rah gayi kya kya maze se zindagi karte

agar hotaa chaman apnaa

gul apnaa baaghbaan apnaa

a yearning lingers

how delightful life might have been

had the garden been mine

the flower mine and the gardener mine

Mazhar Mirza Jaan-e-Janaan (1)

hasrat (11)

desire, mostly unmet

maze (1)

pleasure, delight

zindagi (41)

life

chaman (6)

garden

gul (19)

flower

baaghbaan (1)

gardener

Theme: Beauty, Charm, & Union (104)

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