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Daal Roti Chalna

दाल रोटी चलना
Meaning

To make a modest living; to get by on the basics.

Literally: for lentils and bread to keep going

See it in the verse

Daal Roti Chalna in Iqbal’s couplets

Hazaron saal nargis apni be-noori pe roti hai
Badi mushkil se hota hai chaman mein deedavar paida
For thousands of years the narcissus weeps over its own sightlessness — only with great difficulty is a truly seeing one born in the garden.
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