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

raaste: path, paths

1 / 4: raaste

go haram ke raaste sewoh pahunch gaye khuda tak

teri raahguzar se jaate to

kuchh aur baat hoti

though he found god

through the holy places

had he taken your path (of love),

it would be a different story

Agha Hashr Kashmiri (1)
haram (5)

sacred or holy place

raaste (4)

path, paths

khuda (30)

god

path

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2 / 4: raaste

lekin ek safar par ai dil

ab jaana to hoga

i too feel frightened

by the lonely quietness of the path

but my heart is set on this journey

i have no choice but to go

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safar (24)

journey, travel

dar (9)

window, door, gate

raaste (4)

path, paths

silence, quietness

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3 / 4: raaste

sirf hum nahin chalte

raaste bhi chalte hain

by pausing for a moment

the goal slipped farther away

it is not only we that move,

the paths are moving too

pal (7)

moment, nurture

rukne (1)

tostop

duur (7)

distant, far away

manzil (24)

goal, destination

sirf (4)

only

chalte (4)

move, go

raaste (4)

path, paths

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4 / 4: raaste

chup khaDa hoon bhool kar

raaste mein manzil ka pata

hope the guide doesn’t

turn a robber

as i stand alone in the path

forgetting my destination

rahbar (7)

guide, leader, ruler

robber, looter

soch (3)

think

bhool (15)

forget, mistake

raaste (4)

path, paths

manzil (24)

goal, destination

pata (5)

address, whereabouts

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