1/1: tasbeeh

tod diya tasbeeh ko

is khayaal se ‘faraz’

kya gin gin ke nam lena uska

jo behisaab deta hai

i broke the prayer rosary

with this thought, ‘faraz’

why count and pray to one

who gives without keeping an account

Ahmed Faraz

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khayaal (8) thoughts

toD (2) to break

tasbeeh (1) dream

gin (1) count

behisaab (1) without an account

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