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Urdu · idiom · Struggle & the Sword

Baal Baka Na Hona

बाल बाँका न होना

also written: baal banka na hona

Meaning

To come away entirely unharmed.

Literally: for not a hair to be bent

See it in the verse

Baal Baka Na Hona 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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