bagh-e-jahan ke gul hain ya khar hain to hum hain
gar yar hain to hum hain aghyar hain to hum hain

in the garden of the world / be rose or thorn, it's me
if a lover, it is i, the rival too is me

dariya-e-marifat ke dekha to hum hain sahil
gar war hain to hum hain aur par hain to hum hain

of the sea of knowledge, the shore i am, i see
if this bank then, it is i, across it's also me

wabasta hai hamin se gar jabr hai o gar qadr
majbur hain to hum hain mukhtar hain to hum hain

to only me / do both relate, opression, dignity
if compelled, i am the one, i am the one who's free

tera hi husn jag mein har-chand maujzan hai
tis par bhi tishna-kaam-e-didar hain to hum hain

though your beauty is in spate / for all the world to see
yet if thirsting for your sight, there's one, then it is me

alfaz-e-khalq hum bin sab mohmalat se the
mani ki tarah rabt-e-guftar hain to hum hain

words of the world, without me, were all absurdity
the substance and the spirit / of eloquence, is me

auron se to girani yak-lakht uth gai hai
ai 'dard' apne dil ke gar bar hain to hum hain

the grieving caused by others / was lifted easily
if there's a burden on my heart / then it's only me