darmiyan khud apni hasti ho to hum bhi kya karen
aaina dekhen ki apne-ap se parda karen

when one’s being is in between what action should entail
should one look into the mirror or else cast a veil?

haal ke sailab mein to bah gai mazi ki lash
dafn ab kis ki gali mein hum gham-e-farda karen

in floods of present time the corpse of past is swept away
in whose street should one inter tomorrow’s sorrow say?

ek do pal hi rahega sab ke chehron ka tilism
koi aisa ho ki jis ko der tak dekha karen

each and every face shall cast its spell a moment, two
there should be someone who for long i can hold in view

ye to sach hai zahr lagte hain hamein basti ke log
kis tawaqqo par magar aabaad ye sahra karen

tis true that city people just as poison to me seem
on what hope this wilderness then shall i redeem?

sar-phire sab jama hon sab ke saron par ho charagh
bas chale to hum bhi aisa jashn ek barpa karen

with lamps upon their head should gather people all deranged
if but i could a festival like this i’d have arranged