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

Doobega: sink

1 / 1: Doobega

kaun Doobega kise paar utarna hai, 'zafar'

faisla waqt ke dariyaa mein

utar kar hoga

who will drown, zafar, and

who will cross to the other side

that will be decided only

after diving into the river of time

Ahmad Zafar (2)

dariyaa (13)

river

faisla (3)

decision

waqt (20)

time

Doobega (1)

sink

paar utarna (1)

crossover

utarna (2)

cross over, get off

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