diya hai dil agar us ko bashar hai kya kahiye
hua raqib to ho nama-bar hai kya kahiye

he's human, gave his heart to her, what can i even say
the messenger's become my foe, so let him be this way

ye zid ki aaj na aawe aur aae bin na rahe
qaza se shikwa hamein kis qadar hai kya kahiye

it surely has to come some day, but insists not today
the grievance that i bear 'gainst death, pray, how do i portray

rahe hai yun gah-o-be-gah ki ku-e-dost ko ab
agar na kahiye ki dushman ka ghar hai kya kahiye

resides my rival all the time in my beloved's street
thus calling it my foe's abode, would then be only meet

zahe karishma ki yun de rakkha hai hum ko fareb
ki bin kahe hi unhen sab khabar hai kya kahiye

tis miracle of beauty that she fools me in this way
claims that she knows what's in my heart, and leaves me naught to say

samajh ke karte hain bazar mein wo pursish-e-haal
ki ye kahe ki sar-e-rahguzar hai kya kahiye

she purposely, in the bazaar, seeks after my welfare
knowing full well that publicly, my plaints i will not air

tumhein nahin hai sar-e-rishta-e-wafa ka khayal
hamare hath mein kuchh hai magar hai kya kahiye

of beginning of faithfulness, you have no least concern
there's something in my fist but say, can you even discern?

unhen sawal pe zom-e-junun hai kyun ladiye
hamein jawab se qat-e-nazar hai kya kahiye

why fight with her when she presumes, my pleas to be insane
to her replies i pay no heed, as naught i will obtain

hasad saza-e-kamal-e-sukhan hai kya kijiye
sitam baha-e-mata-e-hunar hai kya kahiye

alas! for excellence in verse, envy's the punishment
what can one say, torture's the price, for one's accomplisment

kaha hai kis ne ki 'ghaalib' bura nahin lekin
siwae is ke ki aashufta-sar hai kya kahiye

though there is no one who will say, gaalib is good, but pray,
save for the fact frenzied in love, what else is there to say