1/1: baatin

ahbaab ka shikwa kya kijiye

khud zaahir-o-baatin ek nahin

lub oopar oopar hanste hain

dil andar andar rota hai

what use complaining of friends, when

what’s visible and hidden are different

their lips seem to smile

while they are weeping inside

Hafeez Jalandhari

(1)

shikwa (3) complaint

ahbaab (1) dear ones, darling

zaahir (1) evident, visible

baatin (1) hidden, concealed

lub (1) lip

hanste (1) smile

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