1/1: keeDe

kaaghaz mein dab ke

mar gaye keeDe kitaab ke

deewaana be-paDhe-likhe

mashhoor ho gaya

insects of the book

died, buried in paper

while the unschooled madman

became famous

Bashir Badr

(15)

kaaghaz (3) paper

dab (1) buried

keeDe (1) insects, worms

kitaab (5) book

deewaana (2) crazy

mashhoor (3) famous, well-known

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