1/1: jaanan

ji DhoonDta hai phir wahi

fursat ke raat din

baiThe rahen

tasavvur-e-jaanan kiye hue

the heart keeps searching

for those days and nights of leisure

sitting...just enmeshed

with the thoughts of my beloved

Mirza Ghalib

(60)

DhoonDta (2) search, look for

phir (4) again, still

fursat (4) leisure, freedom

raat (5) night

tasavvur (5) imagination

jaanan (1) beloved, sweetheart

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