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He would begin to improvise in Lahore, and you could travel to Delhi and back, and he would still be improvising.
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The speaker describes an exceptionally long, uninterrupted improvisation. It begins in Lahore, continues while someone travels to Delhi and returns, and is still going on afterward. The line emphasizes the improvisation’s remarkable duration, rather than giving a precise travel time.
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