URDU POETRY...BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR

NAHIN ISHQ MEIN ISKA TAU RANJ HAMEN KE QARAR-O-SHAKEB ZARA NA RAHA
GHAM-E-ISHQ TAU APNA RFEEQ RAHA, KOI AUR BALA SE RAHA, NA RAHA

(  I DON'T REGRET THAT IN LOVE, I LOST MY POISE, MY CALM
   AT LEAST THE GRIEF OF LOVE WAS MINE, WHO CARES FOR OTHER BALMS )

DIYA APNI KHUDI KO JO HUM NE MITA, WOH JO PARDA SA BEECH MEIN THA NA RAHA
PARDE MEIN AB NA WOH PARDA NASHEEN, KOI DOOSRA USKE SIWA NA RAHA

(  TO SHED THE EGO IS TO LIFT THE BLINDS THAT BLUR THE VISION SUBLIME,
    THE VEILED BEAUTY DISCARDS ITS VEIL, OTHERNESS GETS DISARMED )


NA THI HAAL KI JAB HAMEN APNE KHABAR, RAHE DEKHTE AURON KE AIB-O-HUNAR
PADI APNI BURAIYON PAR JO NAZAR TAU NIGAAH MEIN KOI BURA NA RAHA

(  OBLIVIOUS OF OUR OWN FAULTS, WE FIND FAULTS IN OTHERS,
    ONCE WE SEE THE FLAWS WITHIN, NONE ELSE SEEMS DEFORMED )



ZAFAR AADMI USS KO NA JANIYE GA WOH HO KITNA HI SAAHAB-E-FAHAM-O-ZAKA
JISE AISH MEIN YAAD-E-KHUDA NA RAHI, JISE TAISH MEIN KHAUF=E-KHUDA NA RAHA

(  CALL HIM NOT A MAN, ZAFAR, HOWSOEVER WISE,
    WHO, IN JOY, FORGETS HIS LORD, IN RAGE RESPECTS NO QUALMS )