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

ghareebon: poor, helpless

1 / 2: ghareebon

kabhi kabhi to suna hai hila diye hain mahal

hamaare aise ghareebon ki

iltijaaon ne

sometimes it is said that

even palaces tremble

at the pleas

of the poor like us

Salam Machhli Shahri (1)

kabhi (24)

on occasion

suna (9)

hear

hila (1)

shake, tremble

palace

poor, helpless

pleas, complaints

Theme: Oppression, Rebellion, & Freedom (57)

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2 / 2: ghareebon

had se Takraati hai jo shai woh palaTti hai zaroor

khud bhi roenge

ghareebon ko rulaane waale

anything that crosses a limit

is bound to strike back

those who make the helpless weep

will one day cry themselves

Aarzoo Lakhnavi (9)

had (2)

boundary

crashing, striking

shai (2)

thing, things, refuge

turn back, reverse

forsure, surely

khud (20)

myself

poor, helpless

Theme: Oppression, Rebellion, & Freedom (57)

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