1/2: sab

rah gayi hai kuch kami to

kya shikaayat hai 'faheem'?

is jahaan mein sab adhuure hain

mukammal kaun hai?

if you are lacking something

why complain so much, faheem?

in this world, everyone is partly done

who is ever fully complete?

Faheem Gorakhpuri

(1)

kami (3) short of

shikaayat (5) complaint, protest

jahaan (10) world, universe

sab (2) all

adhuure (2) incomplete

mukammal (4) complete, full, entire

Theme:Life, Living & Dying (104)

2/2: sab

sab kitaabon ke

khul gaye maani

jab se dekhi ‘nazir’

dil ki kitaab

the meaning of all books

became evident

when i read, ‘nazir’

the volume of my heart

Nazeer Akbarabadi

(2)

maani (3) meaning

kitaab (5) book

sab (2) all

khul (3) open

Theme:Heart, Mind & Memory (58)

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