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

pehchaan: identify, recognize

1 / 2: pehchaan

lab kuchh bhi kahen is se haqeeqat naheen khulti

insaan ke sach jhoot

ki pehchaan hain aankhen

no matter what the lips say

the reality is not revealed

the eyes are the real markers

of truth and lies

Sahir Ludhianvi (18)

1971: Padma Shri

2013: Commemorative Stamp India

lab (19)

lip, lips

reality, fact

open

human

identify, recognize

eyes

Theme: Voice, Expression, & Language (73)

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2 / 2: pehchaan

bahut pahle se un qadmon ki aahaT jaan lete hain

tujhe, aye zindagi,

hum door se pehchaan lete hain

for a long time now, i recognize

the soft sound of your footsteps

oh life,

i recognize you from afar

Firaq Gorakphuri (Raghupati Sahay) (12)

1969: Jnanpith

1997: India Commemorative Stamp

before

footsteps

sound (of footsteps)

identify, recognize

Theme: Life, Learning, & Living (126)

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