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tum naahaq sheeshe chun chun kar

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tum naahaq sheeshe chun chun kar daaman mein chupaaye baithe ho

sheeshe ka maseeha koyi nahin

kya aas lagaaye baithe ho?

picking some scraps of glass

and hiding them in your clothes

there is no savior in these trinkets

what hope are you holding on to?

Faiz Ahmad Faiz (21)

sheeshe (3)

glass

maseeha (4)

saviour, messiah

naahaq (1)

worthless, improper

daaman (5)

hem (clothes), lap

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