1/1: bhaTakti

main aisi raah pe nikla ki

meri khush-bakhti

tamaam umr meri khoj mein

bhaTakti rahi

i set out on such a path

that my good fortune

kept wandering in search

of me...all my life

Maqbool Amir

(1)

raah (18) street, path

nikla (5) turned out, came out

khush-bakhti (1) good fortune, luck

tamaam (7) entire, all, whole

umr (5) life

khoj (1) search

bhaTakti (1) wandering

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