fariyaad ki koi lai nahin hai
nala paband-e-nai nahin hai

no tune is needed by a sigh
laments do not on flutes rely

kyun bote hain baghban tonbe
gar bagh gada-e-mai nahin hai

why gourds do gardeners now plant
if wine, the garden does not want

har-chand har ek shai mein tu hai
par tujh si koi shai nahin hai

although in everything you be
yet there is none who is like thee

han khaiyo mat fareb-e-hasti
har-chand kahen ki hai nahin hai

by "being" be you not deceived
"is not" however is believed

shadi se guzar ki gham na howe
urdi jo na ho to dai nahin hai

if joy's eschewed, no grief at all
if spring's not there, nor will be fall

kyun radd-e-qadah kare hai zahid
mai hai ye magas ki qai nahin hai

why priest, does bowl of wine displease
'tis wine, not excrement of bees

hasti hai na kuchh adam hai 'ghaalib'
aakhir tu kya hai ai nahin hai

if being and nothingness are naught
what is? then tell me o "is not"