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

minnat: favor, plea

1 / 1: minnat

minnat-e-chaara-saaz kaun kare

dard jab

jaan-nawaaz ho jaaye

who would seek

the favor of the healer

when the pain itself

becomes a life-giver

Faiz Ahmad Faiz (21)

dard (20)

pain

minnat (1)

favor, plea

jaan-nawaaz (1)

life-giving

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