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1 Urdu ash'ar / shaayari (shers, couplets) containing the word:

haaray: defeated

1 / 1: haaray

agar baazi ishq ki baazi hai jo chaho lagado dar kaisa

agar jeet gaye to kya kahna

haaray bhi to baazi maat nahi

if the gamble is of love

bet what you want, why fear

if you win, nothing like it

even if you lose, it is not a loss

Faiz Ahmad Faiz (21)

ishq (34)

love

baazi (3)

gamble, bet

haaray (1)

defeated

jeet (2)

win, victory

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