1/1: dhadkan

agar ruk jaaye meri dhadkan

tho maut na samajhna

kayi baar aisa hua hai

federer ko yaad karte karte

if my heart stops a while

don’t presume I am dead

many a time it so happens

when i recollect federer!

Mirza Ghalib

(60)

yaad (22) memory, remember

dhadkan (1) heart

maut (3) death

samajhna (1) understand

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