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

Tapka: drip, drop

1 / 1: Tapka

raagon mein daudte phirne ke hum naheen qayaal

jab aankh hi se na Tapka to

phir lahoo kya hai

that which courses through veins

i don't much care for

if it doesn't drip from the eyes

how can it be blood?

Mirza Ghalib (63)

raagon (1)

veins

daudte (1)

running

qayaal (1)

satisfied, convinced

Tapka (1)

drip, drop

lahoo (1)

blood

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