Bahadur Shah Zafar
lagta nahin hai dil mira ujde dayar men
kis ki bani hai alam-e-na-paedar men
my heart, these dismal ruins, cannot now placate
who can find sustenance in this unstable state
kah do in hasraton se kahin aur ja basen
itni jagah kahan hai dil-e-dagh-dar men
desires should be told to find some alternate
this scarred heart has no room to accomodate
kanton ko mat nikal chaman se o baghban
ye bhi gulon ke saath pale hain bahar men
a long life, four days in all, I did negotiate
two were spent in hope and two were spent in wait
bulbul ko baghban se na sayyad se gila
qismat men qaid likkhi thi fasl-e-bahar men
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kitna hai bad-nasib ‘zafar’ dafn ke liye
do gaz zamin bhi na mili ku-e-yar men
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