1/1: hasratein

kis kis tarah ki dil mein

guzarti hai hasratein

hai wasl se zyaada

mazaa intezaar ka

so many kinds of unmet desires

keep coursing through the heart

but there is more fun in the waiting

than there is in the getting

Abdul ‘Taban’ Hai

(1)

tarah (6) type, like, similar to

guzarti (3) pass through

hasratein (1) desires, mostly unmet

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zyaada (5) excess, too many

mazaa (5) fun, delight

intezaar (16) waiting

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