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

jhijhak: hesitation

1 / 1: jhijhak

woh mile bhi to ek jhijhak si rahi

kaash thoDi si

hum peeye hote

even when we met

a hesitation remained

if only i had been

drinking a little

Abdul Hamid Adam (12)

jhijhak (1)

hesitation

kaash (4)

if only

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