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

kitaab: book

1 / 5: kitaab

jise le gayi abhi hawawoh waraq tha dil ki kitaab ka

kahin aansuon se miTa hua

kahin aansuon se likha hua

that which the wind swept away

was the paper of the heart's book

sometimes defiled by tears

sometimes written by tears

Bashir Badr (18)

1999: Sahitya Akademi

1999: Padma Shri

hawa (5)

breeze, wind

waraq (1)

paper

dil (96)

heart

kitaab (5)

book

tears

miTa (2)

destroy, ruin, erase

Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (64)

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2 / 5: kitaab

kaaghaz bikhar rahe hain

puraani kitaab ke

pull yourself together

somehow

the pages of the old book

are getting scattered

2008: Kalapi Award

tarah (15)

type, like, similar to

jama (1)

collect

aap (10)

respectful 'you'

paper

bikhar (3)

scatter, disperse

rahe (19)

remain

old

kitaab (5)

book

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3 / 5: kitaab

jab se dekhi ‘nazir’

dil ki kitaab

the meaning of all books

became evident

when i read, ‘nazir’,

the volume of my heart

sab (12)

all

khul (4)

open

maani (4)

meaning

dil (96)

heart

kitaab (5)

book

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4 / 5: kitaab

main apna jaam uThaatha huun

tu kitaab uTha

let’s find out, o priest, where the

lightning comes from

i will raise my glass of wine,

you raise your holy book

1959: Sahitya Akademi

barq (4)

lightning

sparkle

vaaiz (4)

priest, holy man

jaam (10)

wine cup, goblet

kitaab (5)

book

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5 / 5: kitaab

deewaana be-paDhe-likhe

mashhoor ho gaya

bookworms died

buried in paper

while the unschooled madman

became famous

1999: Sahitya Akademi

1999: Padma Shri

paper

dab (1)

buried

keeDe (1)

insects, worms

kitaab (5)

book

crazy

famous, well-known

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