1/1: chaar

ye maana zindagi

hai chaar din ki

bahut hote hain, yaaro,

chaar din bhi

it is true that life is

just four days long

even these four days, friends,

are too many

Firaq Gorakhpuri

(12)

zindagi (23) life

maana (4) agreed, listen to

chaar (1) four

bahut (4) too much or many

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