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yaa mujhe afsar-e-shaahaa na banaayaa hotaa


yaa mujhe afsar-e-shaahaa na banaayaa hotaa 
yaa meraa taaj gadaayaa na banaayaa hotaa 

[afsar-e-shaahaa=royal officer; gadaaya=like a beggar] 

Khaak_saarii ke liye garache banaayaa thaa mujhe 
kaash Khaak-e-dar-e-jaanaa.N na banaayaa hotaa 

nashaa-e-ishq kaa gar zarf diyaa thaa mujh ko 
umr kaa tang na paimaanaa banaayaa hotaa 

[zarf=knowledge; tang=short] 

apanaa diivaanaa banaayaa mujhe hotaa tuune 
kyo.n Khirad_mand banaayaa na banaayaa hotaa 

sholaa-e-husn chaman me.n na dikhaayaa us ne 
varanaa bul_bul ko bhii paravaanaa banaayaa hotaa 

roz-e-mamuuraa-e-duniyaa me.n Kharaabii hai 'Zafar' 
aisii bastii se to viiraanaa banaayaa hotaa 

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