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

chaakari: work, often mundane

1 / 1: chaakari

'jaun' duniya ki chaakari kar ke

tu ne dil ki

woh naukri kya ki

‘jaun’ having slaved

for the work of the world

what have you done for

what is dear to your heart

Jaun Eliya (14)

duniya (24)

world

chaakari (1)

work, often mundane

dil (101)

heart

naukri (2)

job, work

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