1/1: be-dam

be-dam huye beemar

dawa kyun nahi dete

tum acche maseeha ho

shifa kyun nahi dete

the restless have fallen sick

why don’t you offer a medicine

you are such a good healer

why don’t you cure their illness

Faiz Ahmed Faiz

(22)

be-dam (1) short of breath

dawa (3) medicine, cure

maseeha (4) saviour, messiah

shifa (1) healing, cure

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