1/1: couplet

zaahid, sharaab peene de

masjid mein baith kar

ya wo jagah bata de

jahaan par khuda na ho

oh priest, allow me to drink

sitting here in the mosque

or, show me a place

where there is no god

Mirza Ghalib

(61)

khuda (18) god

sharaab (13) wine, liquor, drink

masjid (5) mosque

jagah (3) place

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de do (2) send

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