क्या चल सकेगा हम से कि पहचानते हैं हम तू लाख अपनी चाल को ज़ालिम बदल के चल
— Bahadur Shah Zafar
Meaning

No trick of yours can ever work on us because we recognize you well; O cruel one, you may change your ways or gait a hundred thousand times.

Explanation

The poet plays brilliantly on the double meaning of 'chaal'—which signifies both a graceful, swaying gait and a cunning, deceptive trick. The lover tells the beloved with playful confidence that no new disguise or artful scheme can ever fool them, because love has gifted them an eye that sees straight through every pretense. It captures that intimate stage of a relationship where you know someone so deeply that even their most guarded masks become completely transparent.

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