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1 Urdu couplets and shers with haakim

haakim(m): judge, authority

1 / 1: haakim

tha iraada teri fariyaad karein haakim se

woh bhi, aye shokh, tera

chaahne waala nikla

i sought to complain

about you to the judge

but alas, o playful one,

he, too, turned out your admirer

Nazeer Akbarabadi (9)

iraada (m) (2)

desire

fariyaad (m) (3)

prayer, plea, plaint

haakim (m) (1)

judge, authority

aye_shokh (m) (1)

o playful one

nikla (12)

turned out, came out

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