1/2: tabaah

har ek raat ke pahlu se

din nikalta hai

wo log kaise sanwar jayen

jo tabaah nahin

from every night

a day dawns

how will they ever improve

who have not been destroyed

Mah Talat Zahidi

(1)

pahlu (3) side

raat (5) night

sanwar (2) correct, reform, rectify

tabaah (2) wasted, ruined

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2/2: tabaah

sheikh saahab sey

rasm-o-raah na kee

shukr hai zindagi

tabaah na kee

i didn’t have the priest

perform rituals and customs

happy that i didn’t

waste my life thus

Faiz Ahmed Faiz

(22)

sheikh (1) head, priest, learned man

shukr (2) gratitude, thanks

tabaah (2) wasted, ruined

Theme:Religion, Reason & Tradition (48)

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