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

khumaar: also intoxication

1 / 2: khumaar

ye kaisa nasha hai main kis ajab khumaar mein huun

tu aa ke jaa bhi chuka hai

main intezaar mein huun

what is this intoxication

what is this strange dizziness

you had come and gone

and i am still waiting

Muneer Niyazi (4)

ajab (9)

strange, odd, unique

waiting

also intoxication

Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (112)

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2 / 2: khumaar

dard-e-sar hai khumaar se mujh ko

jald le kar sharaab

aa saaqi

the intoxication has

left me with a hangover

quickly, o wine-pourer,

fetch me another drink

Taban Abdul Hai (6)

dard (20)

pain

sar (7)

front, top, head

also intoxication

jald (1)

fast, quick

wine, liquor, drink

wine-pourer, bartender

Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (112)

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