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shikaayaten(f): complaints

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hawaa ke dosh pe rakkhe hue charaagh hain ham

jo bujh gaye

to hawaa se shikaayaten kaisii

we are lamps

set on the back of wind

if we are extinguished,

why complain against the wind?

Obaidullah Aleem (2)

dosh (1)

back / fault

charaagh (m) (16)

lamp, light, flame

bujh (1)

extinguish

shikaayaten (f) (1)

complaints

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