1/1: tanhai

hai aaj ye gila ki

akela hai 'shahryar'

tarsoge kal hujuum mein

tanhai ke liye

your complaint today is

you are lonely, ‘shahryar’

tomorrow in the crowd,

you will long for solitude

Shahryaar

(12)

akela (4) alone, by oneself

gila (7) fault, complaint

tarsoge (1) long for, pine for

hujuum (3) crowd, throng

tanhai (1) solitude, loneliness

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