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What He Calls Heart

The thing he calls heart Man’s for long lost beyond trace For lifelong to part. What heaves in his hollow case Keeps him alive, runs dead cart. -------------------- Gulzaar | 02.04.2023 | Tanka Poet’s note: Translation, from my collection of lyricist Gulzar’s short shires. Woh cheez jise Dil kahate hain¸ Ham bhul gaye hain Rakh kar kahin

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