A shroud clouds vice
“dhapa kafan mein dage uyube barahnagi mai,
Varnah har libas mei nange vujud thaa ”
“No raiment doth hide
The nakedness of life
It’s only the shroud
Which will cloud
All signs of my vice .”
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