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

chubhan: piercing, stinging

1 / 1: chubhan

ik chubhan hai ki jo bechain kiye rahti hai

aisa lagta hai ki kuchh

TooT gaya hai mujh mein

it is a piercing sting

that keeps me restless

i feel that something

inside me is broken

Irfan Sattar (1)

chubhan (1)

piercing, stinging

bechain (2)

restless

TooT (2)

break, broke

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