dast-e-adu se shab jo wo saghar liya kiye

dast-e-adu se shab jo wo saghar liya kiye
kin hasraton se khun hum apna piya kiye
while from my rival's hand
last night


she was accepting wine
with such yearnings unfulfilled i drank this blood of mine
shukr-e-sitam ne aur bhi mayus kar diya
is baat ka wo ghair se shikwa kiya kiye


my gratitude for her torment then irked her even more
she went up to my rival complaining on this score
kab dil ke chaak karne ki fursat hamein mili
naseh hamesha chaak-e-gareban siya kiye


when did i ever have the time this heart of mine to tear
o preacher all the time i did my torn collar repair
tashbih dete hain lab-e-jaan-bakhsh-e-yar se
hum marte marte nam-e-masiha liya kiye


him
with my dearest's life-redeeming lips i do compare
so near death i call for the messiah in my prayer
zikr-e-visal-e-ghair-o-shab-e-mah-o-baada se


aise liye gae hamein tane diya kiye
those wine-soaked trysts on moon-drenched nights with my foe you flaunt
in such a tone that will not fail to tease torment and taunt
thi lahza lahza hijr mein ek marg-e-nau nasib


har dam khayal-e-lab se tere hum jiya kiye
in separation every breath a new death did ordain
but then the vision of your lips bid me live again
tarz-e-sukhan kahe wo musallam hai 'shefta'


dawe zaban se na kiye main ne ya kiye
what my style of speech conveys
sheftaa
is complete


whatever other claims in words i may
may not repeat