1/1: bedaad

na gila hai na shikaayat

mujhe bedaad ki hai

hai wahi meri khushi

jo mere sayyaad ki hai

neither complaint nor grievance

i have against the oppression

my happiness is in

what makes my captor happy

Lala Madhav Ram Jauhar

(6)

khushi (6) happiness

gila (7) fault, complaint

shikaayat (5) complaint, protest

bedaad (1) oppression

sayyaad (7) captor, hunter

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