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| Mohd. Rafi |
न किसीकी आंख का नूर हूँ, न किसी के दिल का करार हूँ;
जो किसीके काम न आ सके, मैं वो एक मुश्त -ए -गुबार हूं
Neither the light of anyone's eye, nor the solace of anyone's heart;
I am but a useless handful of dust.
This song is written by the last Mughal Emperor of India, Bahadur Shah Zafar. He was a serious poet and an accomplished ghazal writer. Later in life, his rule did not extend past the Red Fort and he was banished to Burma after the 1857 war of Independence. He is supposed to have sung this shayari in his durbar in self-pity and expressing his failure as a ruler. This song is from the 1960 film Laal Quila. It was sung by Mohammed Rafi, and the music is composed by S. N. Tripathi.
जो किसीके काम न आ सके, मैं वो एक मुश्त -ए -गुबार हूं
Neither the light of anyone's eye, nor the solace of anyone's heart;
I am but a useless handful of dust.
