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

mayyat: corpse

1 / 1: mayyat

har nafas umr-e-guzishta ki hai mayyat, fani

zindagi naam hai

mar mar ke jiye jaane ka

every breath, fani, is

the corpse of a moment gone

what we call life

is living through repeated deaths

Fani Badayuni (5)

nafas (1)

breath

umr (16)

life

guzishta (1)

past, bygone

mayyat (1)

corpse

zindagi (41)

life

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