1/1: baazoo

nazar lage na kaheen

uske dasto baazoo ko

ye log kyon mere

zakhm-e-jigar ko dekhte hain

may no evil eye fall

on her hands and arms

why do these people

keep gazing at my heart’s wounds

Mirza Ghalib

(60)

zakhm (12) wound, injury

dasto (1) hands

baazoo (1) arms

jigar (5) heart

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