Khud ko akela na samajhna kabhi kyoki
akelepan me bhi parchhai ka Sahara Mil hi jata hai...
Jindagi me tufano se mat darna kabhi , Kyoki
Her Tufan ke baad lehero ko bhi kinara MIL hi jata hai... ...
I thought to do a deed of chivalry,
An act of worth, which haply in her sight
Who was my mistress should recorded be
And of the nations. And, when thus the fight
Faltered and men once bold with faces white
Turned this and that way in excuse to flee,
I only stood, and by the foeman's might
Was overborne and mangled cruelly.
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