baat karnii mujhe...

baat karnii mujhe mushkil kabhii aisii to na thii jaisii ab hai terii mehfil kabhii aisii to na thii le gayaa chhiin ke kaun aaj teraa sabr-o-qarar beqaraarii tujhe ai dil kabhii aisii to na thii chashm-e-qaatil merii dushman thii hameshaa lekin jaise ab ho ga_ii qaatil kabhii aisii to na thii un kii aa.Nkho.n ne Khudaa jaane kiyaa kyaa jaaduu ke tabiiyat merii maa_il kabhii aisii to na thii aks-e-ruKh-e-yaar ne kis se hai tujhe chamakaayaa taab tujh me.n maah-e-kaamil kabhii aisii to na thii kyaa sabab tuu jo biga.Dataa hai "Zafar" se har baar Khuu terii huur-e-shamaa_il kabhii aisii to na thii wah. wah. Download Mehdi Hassan's rendition here, and read more poetry by Bahadur Shah Zafar here. Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal Emporer, was quite an interesting character. William Dalrymple discusses his life and the pictorial record of the last days of the Mughal court preserved in the Delhie Book here.