1/1: meel

jab se mein chala huun

meri manzil pe nazar hai

aankhon ne meri

meel ka patthar nahi dekha

from the time i started walking

my sights were fixed on the goal

my eyes didn’t notice

the milestones along the way

Bashir Badr

(15)

nazar (22) perspective, sight

patthar (3) stone

manzil (18) goal, destination

meel (1) mile

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