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Urdu · idiom · Struggle & the Sword
Baal Baal Bachna
बाल बाल बचना
Meaning
To have a very narrow escape.
Literally: to be saved by a hair's breadth
See it in the verse
Baal Baal Bachna in Iqbal’s couplets
Jawanon ko meri aah-e-sahar de
Phir in shaheen bachchon ko bal-o-par de
Give the young my dawn-time sigh of longing — and give these falcon-children their wings and their feathers once more.
Youth · The Falcon · Aspiration
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