1/1: Zuhair Kanjahi

apnon ke zakhm kha ke

main nikla jo shahr se

jo ajnabi mila

wahi apna laga mujhe

wounded by my loved ones

when i left the city

the strangers i met

felt like my own

Zuhair Kanjahi

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zakhm (14) wound, injury

nikla (6) turned out, came out

shahr (10) city

ajnabi (4) stranger

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