ai wae inqalab zamane ke jaur se
dilli 'zafar' ke hath se pal mein nikal gai

Bahadur Shah Zafar

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auron ke bal pe bal na kar itna na chal nikal
bal hai to bal ke bal pe tu kuchh apne bal ke chal

Bahadur Shah Zafar

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aat karni mujhe mushkil kabhi aisi to na thi
jaisi ab hai teri mahfil kabhi aisi to na thi

conversing has never been so diffficult for me
your company now is no more as it used to be

Bahadur Shah Zafar

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anaya ai 'zafar' KHaliq ne kab insan se behtar
malak ko dew ko jin ko pari ko hur o ghilman ko

Bahadur Shah Zafar

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e-KHudi mein le liya bosa KHata kije muaf
ye dil-e-betab ki sari KHata thi main na tha

Bahadur Shah Zafar

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ulbul ko baghban se na sayyaad se gila
qismat mein qaid likkhi thi fasl-e-bahaar mein

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Bahadur Shah Zafar

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urai ya bhalai go hai apne waste lekin
kisi ko kyun kahen hum bad ki bad-goi se kya hasil

Bahadur Shah Zafar

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ut-parasti jis se howe haq-parasti ai 'zafar'
kya kahun tujh se ki wo tarz-e-parastish aur hai

Bahadur Shah Zafar

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chahiye us ka tasawwur hi se naqsha khinchna
dekh kar taswir ko taswir phir khinchi to kya

Bahadur Shah Zafar

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