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

basthi: city

1 / 1: basthi

apne diye ko chaand bataane ke waaste

basthi ka har charaagh

bujhana pada hamein

for me to shine my lamp

as the moon

i had to snuff out

all the other lamps in the city

Jaleel 'Aali' (2)

charaagh (14)

lamp, light, flame

waaste (2)

inorderto

basthi (1)

city

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