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1 Urdu couplets and shers with khud ko

khud ko(m): himself

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maseeha maan baitha hai woh khud ko

use kuchh zakhm kya

dikhla diye hain

he considers himself

a savior

just because some wounds

were shown to him

Madhavi Shankar (1)

maseeha (m) (4)

saviour, messiah

khud ko (m) (1)

himself

zakhm (m) (16)

wound, injury

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