Bahadur Shah Poems

Lagtaa nahin hai dil meraa ujday dayaar mein
kis ki bani hai aalam-e-naa_paayedaar mein
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naa kisii kii aaNkh kaa nuur huuN, naa kisii ke dil kaa qaraar huuN
jo kisii ke kaam na aa sake, maiN vo ek musht-e-gubaar huuN
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yar tha gulzar tha bad-e-saba thi main na tha
layaq-e-pa-bos-e-jan kya hina thi main na tha
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My heart has no repose in this despoiled land
Who has ever felt fulfilled in this futile world?

The nightingale complains about neither the sentinel nor the hunter
Fate had decreed imprisonment during the harvest of spring
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khulta nahin hai hal kisi par kahe bagair
par dil ki jan lete hain dilbar kahe bagair
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ja kahyio un se nasim-e-sahar mera chain gaya meri nind gai
tumhen meri na mujh ko tumhari khabar mera chain gaya meri nind gai
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bat karni mujhe mushkil kabhi aisi to na thi
jaisi ab hai teri mahfil kabhi aisi to na thi
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dil ki meri beqarari mujh se kuch pucho nahin
shab ki meri ah-o-zari mujh se kuch pucho nahin
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