1/1: hiraasaan

yoon hiraasaan hain

musaafir bastiyon ke darmiyan

ho gayi ho shaam

jaise jangalon ke darmiyan

travelers seem so panicked

stuck in between cities

as if darkness has descended

upon dense forests

Khaqan Khavar

(1)

hiraasaan (1) anxious, panicked

musaafir (7) fellow traveler

bastiyon (1) cities

darmiyan (4) between, amid, betwixt

shaam (13) evening

jangalon (1) forests

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