zikr us pari-wash ka aur phir bayan apna
ban gaya raqib aakhir tha jo raaz-dan apna

the splendour of her beauty and the manner i narrate
so my rival he's become, who was my confidant to date

mai wo kyun bahut pite bazm-e-ghair mein ya rab
aaj hi hua manzur un ko imtihan apna

why in my rival's company, does she drink to excess?
why today her prowess does she choose to demonstrate?

manzar ek bulandi par aur hum bana sakte
arsh se udhar hota kash ke makan apna

if i only had possessed a home beyond the sky
a spectacle at greater heights i could then create

de wo jis qadar zillat hum hansi mein talenge
bare aashna nikla un ka pasban apna

it turns out that her sentry is closely known to me
i'll laugh it off, however he may humiliate

dard-e-dil likhun kab tak jaun un ko dikhla dun
ungliyan figar apni khama khun-chakan apna

i would rather show to her, than write to her my pain
bloodied is my pen, and fingers, in a wounded state

ghiste ghiste mit jata aap ne abas badla
nang-e-sajda se mere sang-e-astan apna

it would have vanished itself by rubbing of my brow
you have needlessly replaced the stone upon your gate

ta kare na ghammazi kar liya hai dushman ko
dost ki shikayat mein hum ne ham-zaban apna

to stop his bearing tales to her my rival i've suborned
in one voice, against our love, we both remonstrate

hum kahan ke dana the kis hunar mein yakta the
be-sabab hua 'ghaalib' dushman aasman apna

when was i wise in any way, had any skills unique?
for no reason, gaalib, heaven's hostile to my fate