1 Urdu ashaar / shayari (shers, couplets) by

Chandar Bahn Kaifi Dehelvi

1878-1941,

Delhi (Delhi)

1 / 1: Chandar Bahn Kaifi Dehelvi

mehangi sharaab ho gayi kaifi ne chhoD dii

kaafir ko muflisi ne

musalmaan banaa diya

wine has become so expensive

that kaifi has quit drinking

poverty has turned

an infidel into a believer

Chandar Bahn Kaifi Dehelvi (1)

mehanga (1)

expensive

sharaab (14)

wine, liquor, drink

kaafir (5)

infidel, disbeliever

muflisi (3)

poverty, destitution

musalmaan (2)

muslim

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