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

sakht: difficult, hard

1 / 1: sakht

khud se milne ke liye khud se guzar kar aaya

kis qadar sakht muhim thi ki

jo sar kar aaya

to get to know myself

i had to pass through myself

what a difficult challenge it was

that i had to overcome

Kaifi Wijdani (1)

khud (22)

myself

guzar (13)

pass through, spent

qadar (8)

amount of, degree

sakht (1)

difficult, hard

muhim (2)

mission, challenging task

Theme: Grit, Resilience, & Courage (53)

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