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

bhaTak: stray, meander

1 / 1: bhaTak

manzil milegi bhaTak kar hi sahi

gumrah to wo hain

jo ghar se nikle hi nahi

we will reach our goal

even if we stray a little

truly lost are the ones who

don't even come out of home

Mirza Ghalib (63)

manzil (24)

goal, destination

bhaTak (1)

stray, meander

gumrah (2)

lost

nikle (6)

emerge, come out

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