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aandhiyaan: storms

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hazaar barq gire laakh aandhiyaan uTThen

vo phool khil ke rahenge

jo khilne waale hain

let a thousand lightnings struck

let many storms rise...

those flowers will keep blooming

that are given to blooming

Sahir Ludhianvi (18)

1971: Padma Shri

2013: Commemorative Stamp India

hazaar (8)

thousand

barq (4)

lightning

laakh (5)

hundred thousand

aandhiyaan (1)

storms

phool (14)

flowers, flower

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