1/1: phirte

phirte ho ‘mir’ sahab

sab se juda juda tum

shaayad kaheen

tumhaara dil in dinon laga hai

o mir, you keep roaming

away from everyone else

perhaps you have your heart

set on someone these days?

Mir Taqi Mir

(9)

shaayad (8) perhaps, maybe

phirte (1) roamaround

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