1/1: chaunk

be-waqt agar jaaunga

sab chaunk paDenge

ik umr hui din mein

kabhi ghar nahi dekha

if i go at an unexpected time

everyone will be shocked

it has been a lifetime and

i have not seen my home in daylight

Bashir Badr

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be-waqt (1) unexpected hour

chaunk (1) surprised, shocked, startle

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