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laajawaab: unanswerable / unmatched

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main sach kahungi magar phir bhi haar jaaungi

vo jhooT bolega aur

laajawaab kar dega

i will speak the truth

and yet be defeated

he will lie so smoothly

and leave me speechless

Parveen Shakir (16)

sach (m) (7)

truth

magar (28)

yet, but

haar (m) (2)

defeat

jhooT (m) (2)

lie

laajawaab (1)

unanswerable / unmatched

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