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1 Urdu couplets and shers with aakhiri

aakhiri: last, final

1 / 1: aakhiri

vo bhi shaayad ro paDe veeraan kaaghaz dekh kar

main ne us ko aakhiri khat mein

likhaa kuch bhi naheen

maybe she will break down

seeing my blank letter

in this last message to her

i didn’t write anything

Zuhoor Nazar (1)

kaaghaz (m) (5)

paper

khat (f) (7)

letter

shaayad (8)

perhaps, maybe

veeraan (m) (2)

desolate, empty

aakhiri (1)

last, final

Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (117)

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