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baatin(m): hidden, concealed

Description of baatin: Baatin was an American rapper and co-founder of the progressive hip-hop group Slum Village from Detroit, Michigan. Born Titus Glover on March , , he adopted the name Baatin in the early s to reflect newfound spirituality; the name is Arabic for "hidden". Baatin formed Slum Village in the mid-s alongside T and producer Jay Dee , honing their craft at Detroit's Hip-Hop Shop alongside a young Eminem. The group

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ahbaab ka shikwa kya kijiye khud zaahir-o-baatin ek nahin

lub oopar oopar hanste hain

dil andar andar rota hai

what use complaining of friends, when

what’s visible and hidden are different

their lips seem to smile

while they are weeping inside

Hafeez Jalandhari (1)

shikwa (m) (3)

complaint

ahbaab (m) (1)

dear ones, darling

zaahir (m) (2)

evident, visible

baatin (m) (1)

hidden, concealed

lub (m) (1)

lip

hanste (1)

smile

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