1/1: sukhe

ab ke ham bichhde to shaayad

kabhi khwabon mein milen

jis tarah sukhe hue phool

kitabon mein milen

as we part ways now, perhaps

we may meet again in our dreams

just as we find dried flowers

within the pages of an old book

Ahmed Faraz

(21)

phool (11) flowers, flower

shaayad (8) perhaps, maybe

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sukhe (1) dried

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