diwangi se dosh pe zunnar bhi nahin
yani hamare jeb mein ek tar bhi nahin

in frenzy, on my shoulder, there's not even a thread
sign of my idol worship, has vanished now i dread

dil ko niyaz-e-hasrat-e-didar kar chuke
dekha to hum mein taqat-e-didar bhi nahin

for a glimpse i sacrificed, my heart to this degree
that when i looked i found i had not the strength to see

milna tera agar nahin aasan to sahl hai
dushwar to yahi hai ki dushwar bhi nahin

had meeting you, been just hard, would be easy on me
the problem is it is an impossibility

be-ishq umr kat nahin sakti hai aur yan
taqat ba-qadr-e-lazzat-e-azar bhi nahin

its not possible to live, a life sans love but here
strength to bear the ecstacy of pain does not appear

shoridgi ke hath se hai sar wabaal-e-dosh
sahra mein ai khuda koi diwar bhi nahin

my head, a burden has become, in my craziness
there's not even a wall o lord in this wilderness

gunjaish-e-adawat-e-aghyar yak taraf
yan dil mein zoaf se hawas-e-yar bhi nahin

leave aside the scope to bear, enmity 'gainst foes
desire for beloved's lost in my weakened throes

dar nala-ha-e-zar se mere khuda ko man
aakhir nawa-e-murgh-e-giraftar bhi nahin

fear these my plaintive cries, be fearful of god's rage
after all they're not the caws of roosters in a cage

dil mein hai yar ki saf-e-mizhgan se ru-kashi
haalanki taqat-e-khalish-e-khar bhi nahin

my heart is confronted with her lashes all arow
een strength to bear the prick of thorns is not there although

is sadgi pe kaun na mar jae ai khuda
ladte hain aur hath mein talwar bhi nahin

at her innocence o lord! who would not give his life
in her hand there is no sword, yet ventures into strife

dekha 'asad' ko khalwat-o-jalwat mein bar-ha
diwana gar nahin hai to hushyar bhi nahin

have often seen asad alone and then publicly
if crazy he is not then neither rational is he