1/1: bikhre

woh muskura ke koi

baat kar raha tha 'shumar'

aur us ke lafz bhi thay

chaandni mein bikhre hue

he was smiling and

saying something, ‘shumar’

and his words too…

were scattered with moonlight

Akhtar Shumar

(3)

muskura (1) smile

lafz (4) word, syllable

chaandni (1) moonlight

bikhre (1) scattered, dispersed

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