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tilism-e-gumbad-e-garduun ko

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tilism-e-gumbad-e-garduun ko toD sakte hain

zujaaj ki yeh imaarat hai

sang-e-khaara nahin

the spell of the celestial dome

can surely be broken

it is a structure of glass,

not of unbreakable rock

Mohammad Iqbal (28)

spell, magic

dome

heavens

toD (3)

to break

fragile, made of glass

structure

sang (3)

rock

adamant, tough

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