1/1: subah

ham aise ahl-e-nazar ko

suboot-e-haq ke liye

agar rasool na hote to

subah kaafi thi

for us people of insight

looking for proof of truth

if there’s no prophet

just the dawn would do

Josh Malihabadi

(4)

rasool (1) prophet, guru

subah (1) dawn

kaafi (2) enough

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