1/1: tifl

girte hain shahsawar hi

maidaan-e-jung mein

woh tifl kya girega jo

ghuTnon ke bal chale

only the warrior on the horse

can fall in the field of war

how can a weakling fall

that is crawling on his knees

Azeem Beg Chughtai

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girte (1) tofalldown

shahsawar (1) horse-rider

maidaan (1) field, ground

jung (1) war

tifl (1) weakling, infant, child

ghuTnon (1) knees

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