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1 Urdu ashaar / shayari (shers, couplets) by

Mehr Akbarabadi

1916-1989,

Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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manzil ki samt kab se safar kar rahe hain hum

lekin jo faasle thay

woh ab tak na kam hue

for ages, i have been

walking towards my goal

yet, the destination doesn't

seem to draw any closer

Mehr Akbarabadi (1)

manzil (24)

goal, destination

samt (2)

direction, way

safar (24)

journey, travel

rahe (19)

remain

faasle (3)

distances, distance

Theme: Grit, Resilience, & Courage (53)

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