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

sannaaTa: silence

1 / 1: sannaaTa

galiyon ki udaasi poochhti hai ghar ka sannaaTa kehta hai

is shahr ka har rahne vaala

kyun doosre shahr mein rahta hai

the sadness of the streets asks

the silence of the house says

why do all people of this city

live in some other city

Ghulam Mohammad Qasir (2)

galiyon (2)

streets

udaasi (4)

sadness

sannaaTa (1)

silence

shahr (12)

city

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