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1 Urdu couplets and shers with buniyaaden

buniyaaden: foundations

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manzilon ki justuju mein main buniyaaden bhool gayaa

mazhdhaaron mein bah gayaa main

aur sochaa ravaani hai

chasing every horizon i saw

i walked away from my roots

swept away by the currents

mistaking it for momentum

Krishnan Venkateswaran (1)

destinations

justuju (f) (7)

search, quest

foundations

bhool (f) (16)

forget, mistake

bah (2)

to flow

flow, momentum

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