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

gumbad: dome

1 / 2: gumbad

tilism-e-gumbad-e-garduun ko toD sakte hain

zujaaj ki yeh imaarat hai

sang-e-khaara nahin

the spell of the celestial dome

can surely be broken

it is a structure of glass,

not of unbreakable rock

Mohammad Iqbal (28)

spell, magic

dome

heavens

toD (3)

to break

fragile, made of glass

structure

sang (3)

rock

adamant, tough

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2 / 2: gumbad

nahin tera nasheman qasr-e-sultani ke gumbad par

tu shaheen hai basera kar

pahaaDon ki chattanon mein

your place is not on

the dome of the royal palace

you are an eagle, find your

place on the rocks of the mountain

Mohammad Iqbal (28)

home, residence

dome

par (15)

wings, feathers / upon

falcon, eagle

rest

hills, mountains

rocks

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