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

makaan: house

1 / 5: makaan

mera khuda mujhe bas

itna motabar kar de

main jis makaan mein rehta hoon

usko ghar kar de

oh god, make me

a trustworthy person

and the house in which i live

make it my home

Ifthikar Arif (2)
makaan (5)

house

reliable, trustworthy

Theme: Home, Country & Belonging (26)

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2 / 5: makaan

oonchi imaaraton se

makaan mera ghir gaya

kuchh log mere hisse ka

sooraj bhi kha gaye

my house got trapped

among tall towers

they consumed even

the share of my sunlight

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oonchi (1)

tall, lofty

buildings

makaan (5)

house

ghir (1)

enclosed, trapped

log (9)

people

hisse (2)

accounts

sooraj (3)

sun

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3 / 5: makaan

makaan sheeshe ka

banvaate ho 'aazar'

bahut aayenge patthar

dekh lena

you made your house

with glass, 'aazar'

just watch...

many stones will come at it

makaan (5)

house

stone

glass

makeof

Theme: Miscellany (44)

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4 / 5: makaan

main apne jism ke andar

na dafn ho jaaun

mujhe wajuud ke girte hue

makaan se nikaal

let me not be buried

within my own body

free me from this

crumbling house of existence

jism (6)

body

dafn (2)

burial

wajuud (1)

existence

makaan (5)

house

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5 / 5: makaan

charaagh-e-raahguzar

laakh taabnaak sahi

jala ke apna diya

raushni makaan mein la

lights of the street are surely

a thousand times brighter

but light your own lamp

and bring light into the house

lamp, light, flame

path

bright, shining

light, brightness

makaan (5)

house

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