1/1: andaaza

mohabbat ko samajhna hai to

naaseh khud mohabbat kar

kinaare se kabhi

andaaza-e-toofan nahi hota

to understand love

you should first fall in love

from the shore, how can you

ever get a sense of the storm

Khumar Barabankavi

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toofan (6) storm, cyclone

kinaare (1) shore

andaaza (1) estimate, approximation

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