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

chalte: move, go

1 / 4: chalte

log kaanTon se bach ke chalte hain

main ne phoolon se

zakhm khaaye hain

people walk along,

surviving the thorns

but here i am,

wounded by flowers

Anonymous

thorns

move, go

flowers

zakhm (14)

wound, injury

Theme: Nature, World & Universe (49)

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2 / 4: chalte

'shakeb', apne taaruf ke liye ye baat kaafi hai

hum us se bach ke chalte hain

jo raasta aam ho jaaye

shakeb, for my introduction,

this much is enough

i steer clear of paths

that are trodden by all

Shakeb Jalali (Syed Hasan Rizvi) (1)

introduction

enough

move, go

path, way, road

aam (3)

common

Theme: Quest, Journey, & Destination (53)

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3 / 4: chalte

musaafir hain yaaron na ghar hai na thikaana

mujhe chalte jaana hai

bas chalte jaana

i am a traveler, my friends

with neither home, nor shelter

i just need to keep walking

keep walking

Sampooran Singh Kalra (7)

fellow traveler

friends

shelter

move, go

Theme: Quest, Journey, & Destination (53)

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4 / 4: chalte

ek pal ke rukne se duur ho gayee manzil

sirf hum nahin chalte

raaste bhi chalte hain

by pausing for a moment

the goal slipped farther away

it is not only we that move,

the paths are moving too

pal (7)

moment, nurture

tostop

duur (7)

distant, far away

goal, destination

sirf (4)

only

move, go

path, paths

Theme: Quest, Journey, & Destination (53)

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