Moment of Zen
Koi dam ka mehman hun ai ahle mehfil/ Charaagh-e-sehar hun bujhnaa chaahta hun/ Meri hawa men rahegi khayaal ki bijli Yeh musht-e-khaaq hai faani, rahe na rahe
‘O friends of the gathering, I am just a guest of the last few breaths/ I’m a lamp of the morning about to burn out/ My ideas will fly in the winds like the flashes of lightening/ My body is only a heap of dust, it may or may not be there.
– Bhagat Singh – reportedly written in a letter hours before being hanged
via Tehelka