1/1: taareekh

jinhen taareekh bhi

likhte Daregi

woh hungaame

yahaan hone lage hain

that even history

would fear to record

such chaotic events

have begun to happen here

Fasih Akmal

(1)

taareekh (1) history, date

hungaame (1) chaotic events

yahaan (2) here, in this place

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