1/1: Shaikh Ibrahim Zauq

'zauq' jo madaraase ke

bigDe hue hain mullah

un ko mai-khaaane mein le aao

sanwar jaayenge

zauq, those priests

ruined by the religious schools

bring them to the tavern

so they can be reformed

Shaikh Ibrahim Zauq

(1)

bigDe (1) spoilt, ruined

mullah (2) priest, learned, pious

sanwar (2) correct, reform, rectify

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