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hum ishq ke bande hain

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hum ishq ke bande hain mazhab se naheen waaqif

gar kaaba hua to kya

butkhaana hua to kya

we are devotees of love,

not of dogmas

whether a mosque or a temple,

so what?

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aware of, familiar

kaaba (3)

holy mosque in Mecca

butkhaana (2)

temple, place of idols

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