1/2: Ummeed Fazli

musaafir hain

musaafir har taraf

magar har shakhs

tanha ja raha hai

travelers all around

travelers everywhere

but each of them

traveling alone

Ummeed Fazli

(2)

musaafir (7) fellow traveler

taraf (2) from (that side)

shakhs (13) person, individual

tanha (5) alone

Theme:Quest, Journey & Destination (44)

2/2: Ummeed Fazli

din to phir din hai

guzar jaati hai

raat kat thi hai

badi mushkil se

day is but a day,

it passes fast

it is the night that

is difficult to bear

Ummeed Fazli

(2)

mushkil (6) difficult, hard

guzar (10) pass through, spent

to (4) so

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