tamanna hai ye dil mein jab talak hai dam mein dam apne
'zafar' munh se hamare nam us ka dam-ba-dam nikle

Bahadur Shah Zafar

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tum ne kiya na yaad kabhi bhul kar hamein
hum ne tumhaari yaad mein sab kuchh bhula diya

you did not ever think of me even by mistake
and in your thoughts everything else I did forsake

Bahadur Shah Zafar

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tu kahin ho dil-e-diwana wahan pahunchega
shama hogi jahan parwana wahan pahunchega

Bahadur Shah Zafar

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yan tak adu ka pas hai un ko ki bazm mein
wo baiThte bhi hain to mere ham-nashin se du

Bahadur Shah Zafar

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yar tha gulzar tha baad-e-saba thi main na tha
laeq-e-pabos-e-jaanan kya hina thi main na tha

Bahadur Shah Zafar

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ye chaman yunhi rahega aur hazaron bulbulen
apni apni boliyan sab bol kar uD jaengi

Bahadur Shah Zafar

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ye qissa wo nahin tum jis ko qissa-KHwan se suno
mere fasana-e-gham ko meri zaban se suno

Bahadur Shah Zafar

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'zafar' aadmi us ko na jaaniyega wo ho kaisa hi sahab-e-fahm-o-zaka
jise aish mein yaad-e-KHuda na rahi jise taish mein KHauf-e-KHuda na raha

Bahadur Shah Zafar

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'zafar' badal ke radif aur tu ghazal wo suna
ki jis ka tujh se har ek sher intiKHab hua

Bahadur Shah Zafar

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