yaa mujhe afsar e shaahaana banaayaa hota
— Bahadur Shah Zafar
Yaa mujhe afsar-e-shaahaana banaayaa hota
Yaa miraa taaj gadaayaana banaayaa hota
Apna deevaana banaayaa mujhe hota too ne
Kyuun khirad-mand banaayaa na banaayaa hota
Khaaksaaree ke liye garche banaayaa thaa mujhe
Kaash khaak-e-dar-e-jaanaana banaayaa hota
Nashsha-e-ishq kaa gar zarf diyaa thaa mujh ko
Umr kaa tang na paimaana banaayaa hota
Dil-e-sad-chaak banaayaa to balaa se lekin
Zulf-e-mushkeen kaa tire shaana banaayaa hota
Soofiyon ke jo na thaa laa.eq-e-sohbat to mujhe
Qaabil-e-jalsa-e-rindaana banaayaa hota
Thaa jalaanaa hee agar doori-e-saaqee se mujhe
To charaagh-e-dar-e-mai-khaana banaayaa hota
Shola-e-husn chaman men na dikhaayaa us ne
Varna bulbul ko bhee parvaana banaayaa hota
Roz maamoora-e-Dunya men kharaabee hai 'zafar'
Aisi bastee ko to veeraana banaayaa hota