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Urdu · idiom · Nation, Faith & Society

Tooti Ka Bolna

तूती का बोलना
Meaning

For one's influence or word to prevail everywhere.

Literally: for one's parakeet to sing (loudest)

See it in the verse

Tooti Ka Bolna in Iqbal’s couplets

Aag bujhi hui idhar TuuTi hui tanab udhar
Kya khabar is maqam se guzre hain kitne kaarvaan
A dead fire on one side, a snapped tent-rope on the other; who knows how many caravans have passed through this place.
Restlessness · Humility · Self-Knowledge
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