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koyi ummeed bar nahi aati

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koyi ummeed bar nahi aati

koyi soorat nazar nahi aati

maut ka ek din muayyin hai

neend kyun raat bhar nahi aati

no hope comes to pass

no face seen anywhere

death has a fixed day to arrive

why then doesn't sleep come all night

Mirza Ghalib (62)
ummeed (8)

hope, expectation

soorat (5)

face, in the form of

nazar (27)

perspective, sight

maut (3)

death

fixed, appointed

neend (4)

sleep

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