gesu-e-tabdar ko aur bhi tabdar kar
hosh o khirad shikar kar qalb o nazar shikar kar

your lustrous tresses my dear lord further illuminate
the power of my senses, heart and consciousness negate

ishq bhi ho hijab mein husn bhi ho hijab mein
ya to khud aashkar ho ya mujhe aashkar kar

love too is now clandestine, and beauty too is veiled
you, either should reveal me or, should come in open state

tu hai muhit-e-be-karan main hun zara si aabju
ya mujhe ham-kanar kar ya mujhe be-kanar kar

you are a mighty ocean, i, a droplet of no size
either make me, too, immense or then assimilate

main hun sadaf to tere hath mere guhar ki aabru
main hun khazaf to tu mujhe gauhar-e-shahwar kar

if i an oyster be, my pearl's dignity's with thee
a pearl of regal lustre, if a grain of sand, create

naghma-e-nau-bahaar agar mere nasib mein na ho
us dam-e-nim-soz ko tairak-e-bahaar kar

turn this fleeting moment to a day of joyous spring
if melodies of spring are not ordained to be my fate

bagh-e-bahisht se mujhe hukm-e-safar diya tha kyun
kar-e-jahan daraaz hai ab mera intizar kar

why did you bid me leave from paradise for now
my work is yet unfinished here so you wil have to wait

roz-e-hisab jab mera pesh ho daftar-e-amal
aap bhi sharmsar ho mujh ko bhi sharmsar kar

on the day of reckoning when, you behold my slate
you will shame me and yourself you will humiliate