1/1: Jawahar Nath Saqi

ham ko bharam ne

bahr-e-tavahhum bana diya

dariya samajh ke kuud paDe

hum saraab mein

doubt has turned me into

an ocean of superstition

thinking it is a river,

i jumped headlong into a mirage

Jawahar Nath Saqi

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dariya (10) river

bharam (2) doubt

bahr (3) sea, body of water

tavahhum (1) superstition

saraab (1) mirage, illusion

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