" Mein nahe manta"

Deep jis ka mehlaat hee mein jaley
Chand logon kee khushion ko lay kar chaley
Voh jo saya mein har muslihat kay chaley
Aisey dastoor ko subha-e-beynoor ko
Main nahin manta, main nahin jaanta

(A lamp only in palaces lit
Shed light for a chosen few
Shade in which one has to fit
Such rites and lightless dawns
I will not accept; I refuse to know.)

Main bhee khauf naheen takhtaa-e-dar say
Main bhee Mansoor hoon keh do Aghyaar say
Zulum kee baat ko, jail kee raat ko
Main nahin manta, main nahin jaanta

(Of the scaffold I have no fear,
I am like Mansoor, let everyone know
Why do prison walls make you quail?
Why cringe before cruelty
and lonely nights in jail?
I will not accept, I refuse to know.)

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"Who do many calculations are victorious"