hum hi un ko baam pe lae aur hamin mahrum rahe
parda hamare nam se uTTha aankh laDai logon ne
I had brought her to the stage and then I was denied
the curtain, in my name, was raised, but others gratified
Bahadur Shah Zafar
kah do in hasraton se kahin aur ja basen
itni jagah kahan hai dil-e-dagh-dar mein
tell all my desires to go find another place
in this scarred heart alas there isn't enough space
Bahadur Shah Zafar
lagta nahin hai dil mera ujDe dayar mein
kis ki bani hai aalam-e-na-paedar mein
my heart, these dismal ruins, cannot now placate
who can find sustenance in this unstable state
Bahadur Shah Zafar
logon ka ehsan hai mujh par aur tera main shukr-guzar
tir-e-nazar se tum ne mara lash uThai logon ne
I owe people a favour and I am grateful to you
they carried my coffin when with a glance you slew
Bahadur Shah Zafar
na thi haal ki jab hamein apne KHabar rahe dekhte auron ke aib o hunar
paDi apni buraiyon par jo nazar to nigah mein koi bura na raha
while unknowing of myself, in others faults did often see
when my own shortcomings saw, found no one else as bad as me
Bahadur Shah Zafar
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
dushmani jam kar karo lekin ye gunjaish rahe
jab kabhi hum dost ho jaen to sharminda na hon
bear enmity with all your might, but this we should decide
if ever we be friends again, we are not mortified
Bashir Badr