1/1: saron

sutuun-e-daar pe rakhte chalo

saron ke charaagh

jahaan talak ye sitam ki

siyaah raat chale

keep putting lamps of heads

on the pillars of the gallows

as long as this dark night

of tyranny continues

Majrooh Sultanpuri

(12)

charaagh (8) lamp, light, flame

sutuun (1) pillar, column

daar (1) gallows

saron (1) heads

sitam (10) tyranny, cruelty

siyaah (1) dark, black

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