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

ghazab: outrage, cruelty, intense

1 / 1: ghazab

sun chuke jab haal mera le ke angDaayi kaha

kis ghazab ka dard, zaalim

tere afsaane mein tha

after hearing my plight,

stretching and yawning, you said

oh cruel one, what great pain

was there in your story?

Shad Azimabadi (1)

haal (16)

plight, condition

angDaayi (2)

tired stretching of limbs

ghazab (1)

outrage, cruelty, intense

zaalim (8)

oppressor, tyrant

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