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Zafar: lagta nahiN hai dil
1. lagta nahiN haiN dil mera ujhre dayyar meiN
kiski bani
hai aalam-e-napaaydar meiN
[My heart is not happy, In this barren land
Who has ever felt
fulfilled In this temporary world]
2. keh do inn hasratoN se kahiN aur ja baseN
itni jagah
kahaN haiN dil-e-daagdar meiN
[Please tell my wishes/emotions to go away somewhere
else
there is not enough room for them in my sad heart]
3. umr-e-daraaz maang kar laaye the chaar din
do aarzu
main kat gaye do intezaar mein
[I had requested for a long life of four days
Two were spent
in praying/wishing and two were spent in waiting]
4. kitna haiN badnaseeb 'zafar', dafn ke liye
do gaz
zameen bhi na mili koo-e-yaar main
[How unlucky/ill-fated Zafar is ! For his own burial
he
could'nt even get two yards of earth in his beloved country.]
Dictionary : dayyar - durbaar, normally a place
where one goes everyday, a frequently visited place where the heart feels good,
here however, it means Burma, which Zafar says is like a barren land to him;
napaaydar - inconsistent/frail/temporary; daagdar -
sad/hurt/full of sorrows; daraaz - long/tall/extended;
koo-e-yaar - street of lover, here it means streets/land of my
beloved country, since the 'yaar' here is India for
Zafar.