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شمشیرِ ستم

Shamsheer-e-Sitam

Means

Sword of cruelty or oppression


Urdu Meaning

ظلم کی تلوار


Shers using this word

وہ کھینچ کے شمشیر ستم رہ گیا جو میرؔ خوں ریزی کا یاں کوئی سزاوار نہ پایا

Woh kheench ke shamsheer-e-sitam reh gaya jo Mir Khoon reezi ka yaan koi sazawaar na paya

MIR TAQI MIRFull poem →

Zir-e-shamsheer-e-sitam Meer tarapna kaisa Sar bhi tasleem-e-mohabbat mein hilaaya na gaya

MIR TAQI MIRFull poem →