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  • Tere khwaabon ko geheno ki tarah khud par saja lenge

    Lyrics of Agar Tum Mil Jao Zamaana Chhod Denge Hum Chirayu 2005

  • Wang yang pak cik, mak cik kat kampung simpan nak mengerjakan ibadah, kononnya sikit-sikit lama-lama jadi bukit, tengok-tengok bukit dah kena tarah (bukit kat Genting kau boleh buat, ni pulak bukit metaphor).

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  • At this juncture it was found that the tarah-player would not be of the party.

    The Way of Ambition Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

  • Of his companions, one played a violin, held upright by the left hand, with its end resting on his stockinged foot; the second a species of large guitar; the third a derbouka; and the fourth a tarah, or native tambourine, ornamented with ten little discs of brass, which made a soft clashing sound when shaken.

    The Way of Ambition Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

  • At this point one of the musicians, a fair man with pale eyes who played the tarah, interposed a remark which was uttered with great seriousness.

    The Way of Ambition Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

  • And the tarah-player remarked, after a slight pause, that he would wait to know about the price before he decided whether he would be too sick to play in London.

    The Way of Ambition Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

  • Said Hitani waited for Mrs. Shiffney's answer with a slightly judicial air, moving his head as if in approval of the tarah-player's forethought.

    The Way of Ambition Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

  • A half-hour from the time he set his foot in Beni Hassan two dancing-girls issued from the house of the ghdzeeyeh, dressed in shintiydn and muslin tarah, anklets and bracelets, with gold coins about the forehead -- and one was Dicky Donovan.

    Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

  • A half-hour from the time he set his foot in Beni Hassan two dancing - girls issued from the house of the ghdzeeyeh, dressed in shintiydn and muslin tarah, anklets and bracelets, with gold coins about the forehead

    Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Volume 2 Gilbert Parker 1897

  • A half-hour from the time he set his foot in Beni Hassan two dancing - girls issued from the house of the ghdzeeyeh, dressed in shintiydn and muslin tarah, anklets and bracelets, with gold coins about the forehead

    The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

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