1/1: masail

ye masail-e tasawwuf

ye tera bayaan, ghalib

tujhe hum wali samajhte

jo na baada-khvaar hota

these mystical discussions

and your unique narration, ghalib,

we would have deemed you a saint

had you not been a drinker

Mirza Ghalib

(60)

masail (1) problems

tasawwuf (1) mysticism

wali (1) learned person, saint

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