1/1: Waheed Allahabadi

woh shab ko be-hijab

jo mehfil mein aa gaya

kyaa noor tha ki

shama ko parvaana kar diya

when that evening she came,

unveiled, to the gathering

oh, what a glow…

that turned the flame into a moth

Waheed Allahabadi

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shab (9) evening, night

parvaana (3) moth

mehfil (13) gathering, concert

noor (8) light, radiance

sham (3) lamp, flame, evening

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