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Urdu · idiom · The Heart & the Body

Kaleja dhak dhak karna

कलेजा धक-धक करना
Meaning

For the heart to pound with anxiety.

Literally: the liver going thump-thump

See it in the verse

Kaleja dhak dhak karna in Iqbal’s couplets

Ho mera kaam ghareebon ki himayat karna
Dard-mandon se zaeefon se mohabbat karna
Let my work be to defend the poor — to love the suffering and the weak.
Justice · Humility · Love
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