1/1: ghaTaon

dhoop mein niklo

ghaTaon mein naha kar dekho

zindagi kya hai

kitabon ko haTa kar dekho

get out into the sun

take a bath in the clouds

figure out life

by first closing the book

Nida Fazli

(11)

zindagi (23) life

kitabon (2) books

ghaTaon (1) banks (of a river)

naha (1) bathe

haTa (2) to remove

dhoop (9) heat from sun

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