Zafar's Poetry

लगता नहीं है जी मेरा उजड़े दयार में
किसकी बनी है आलम-इ नापायदार में

इन हज्रतों से कह दो कहीं और जाके बसें
इतनी जगह कहाँ है दिल-इ-दागदार में

इक शाख-इ- गुल पे बैठ के बुलबुल है शादमान
कांटें बीचा दिए हैं दिल-इ -लालज़ार पे

दिन ज़िन्दगी के ख़तम हुए शाम हो गयी
फल्ला के पावों सोयेंगे कोंच-इ- मजार में

कितना बदनसीब है ज़फर दफ़न के लिए
दो गज ज़मीन भी न मिली कु-इ-यार में

This is a famous poem /ghazal by Bahadur Shah Zafar. It is the first and the last stanza which always takes my breath away

Nishkam

Seva, Simran and truthful living are a few basic concepts of Human way of life apart from Daya, Dharam, Santokh, Sanjam and Nimrata. Those who start with Seva without expectation of any reward (Nishkam-Seva) and go on doing it, are bestowed with the boon of Simran from which follows the Truthful living and other qualities. According to Encyclopedia of Sikhism:

"True seva according to Sikh scriptures must be without
desire (nishkam)
guileless (nishkapat)
in humility (nimarta)
with purity of intention (hirda shuddh)
sincerity (chit-lae)
utter selflessness (vichon ap gavae).

Such seva for the Sikh is the doorway to dignity as well as to mukti (liberation). "If one earns merit here through seva, one will get a seat of honour in His Court hereafter."

This is a snippet from a website Nishkam- which serves the women, children especially of the 1984 riots in India by providing job opportunities, medical facility etc. even today.