1/2: kaafi

ek mohabbat

kaafi hai

baaqi umr

izaafi hai

one love

is enough

the rest of life

is just surplus

Mahboob Khizan

(1)

mohabbat (28) love

kaafi (2) enough

umr (5) life

izaafi (1) extra, surplus

Theme:Life, Living & Dying (104)

2/2: kaafi

ham aise ahl-e-nazar ko

suboot-e-haq ke liye

agar rasool na hote to

subah kaafi thi

for us people of insight

looking for proof of truth

if there’s no prophet

just the dawn would do

Josh Malihabadi

(4)

rasool (1) prophet, guru

subah (1) dawn

kaafi (2) enough

Theme:Creativity, Philosophy & Enlightenment (30)

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