\startsong
\stitle{yaa mujhe afsar-e-shaahaa na banaayaa hotaa}
\singers{Bahadur Shah Zafar}
\printtitle
#indian

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

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

Kaakasaarii ke liye garache banaayaa thaa mujhe
kaash Kaak-e-dar-e-jaanaa.N na banaayaa hotaa

nashaa-e-ishq kaa gar zarf diyaa thaa mujhako
umr kaa ta.ng na paimaanaa banaayaa hotaa

%[zarf = knowledge; ta.ng = short]

apanaa diivaanaa banaayaa mujhe hotaa tuune
kyo.n Kiradama.nd banaayaa, na banaayaa hotaa

sholaa-e-husn chaman me.n na dikhaayaa usane
varanaa bul-bul ko bhii paravaanaa banaayaa hotaa

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

#endindian
\endsong