न वबाल तन पे है सर मिरा नहीं जान जाने का डर ज़रा कटे ग़म ही, निकले जो दम मिरा मुझे अपनी ज़िंदगी बार है
— Bahadur Shah Zafar
Meaning

My head is not a burden upon my body, nor do I have the slightest fear of dying. If I die, it will only end my sorrows, because my life has become a heavy burden to me.

Explanation

In this couplet, the poet speaks from a place of deep existential exhaustion where the simple act of living has turned into an unbearable burden. He has no dread of dying or losing his head; rather, death feels like a gentle release from an endless cycle of suffering. There is a haunting honesty here, viewing life not as a gift, but as a weight that only the silence of death can finally lift.

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