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

nihaan: separation, hidden, secret

1 / 1: nihaan

bulbul ki tarah shor machaate hain raat din

jo aashna-e-lazzat-e-

dard-e-nihaan nahin

like birds, they

make noise, night and day

those who are not familiar

with the sweet pangs of separation

Chakbast Braj Narayan (6)

bulbul (8)

nightingale

lazzat (6)

pleasure, joy, delight

shor machaana (2)

make noise

aashna (6)

familiar, friend, beloved

nihaan (1)

separation, hidden, secret

Theme: Loneliness, Separation, & Grief (112)

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