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tumhe is inquilaab-e-deher ka kya gham hai, ai akbar

bahut nazdeek hain woh din

ke tum hoge na hum honge

why do you worry about

the tumult in this world, oh akbar,

that day is near when

neither will you nor i am around

Akbar Allahabadi (12)

inquilaab (m) (7)

revolution

deher (m) (1)

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gham (m) (19)

sorrow, sadness

nazdeek (1)

near, close

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