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

saal: year

1 / 1: saal

na shab-o-roz hi badle hain na haal achchha hai

kis barhaman ne kaha tha

ki ye saal achchha hai

days and nights have not changed

nor is the condition any good

which brahmin foretold

this is a good year

Ahmad Faraz (21)

shab (13)

evening, night

roz (12)

day, every day

haal (16)

plight, condition

barhaman (2)

brahmin, wise man

saal (1)

year

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