ishrat-e-qatra hai dariya mein fana ho jaana

ishrat-e-qatra hai dariya mein fana ho jaana
dard ka had se guzarna hai dawa ho jaana
to be consumed by oceans is the droplet's ecstasy
when pain exceeds all bounds becomes


itself the remedy
tujh se qismat mein meri surat-e-qufl-e-abjad
tha likha baat ke bante hi juda ho jaana
lock's shackle and body's akin


to meeting in our fate
as soon as everything aligns
we're bound to separate
dil hua kasmakash-e-chaara-e-zehmat mein tamam


mit gaya ghisne mein is uqde ka wa ho jaana
the struggle to resolve its woes
my weakened heart unmade
in trying to undo the knot


it got completely frayed
ab jafa se bhi hain mahrum hum allah allah
is qadar dushman-e-arbab-e-wafa ho jaana
now even from torture deprived


lord mercy on me pray
her to become so hostile to her followers this way?
zoaf se girya mubaddal ba-dam-e-sard hua
bawar aaya hamein pani ka hawa ho jaana


infirmity replaced my tears
with sighs full of despair
twas only then that i believed
water can turn to air


dil se mitna teri angusht-e-hinai ka khayal
ho gaya gosht se nakhun ka juda ho jaana
thoughts of your hennaed fingers to uproot from this mine heart
has now become a torture like


nails from one's flesh to part
hai mujhe abr-e-bahaari ka baras kar khulna
rote rote gham-e-furqat mein fana ho jaana
if fragrance of the flower's not


desirous of your lane
why in the path of bounding breeze
like dust does it remain
gar nahin nikhat-e-gul ko tere kuche ki hawas


kyun hai gard-e-rah-e-jaulan-e-saba ho jaana
as after springtime's shower is
the clearing of the sky
so


after parting's copious tears
it is for me to die
bakhshe hai jalwa-e-gul zauq-e-tamasha 'ghaalib'
chashm ko chahiye har rang mein wa ho jaana


ta ki tujh par khule ejaz-e-hawa-e-saiqal
dekh barsat mein sabz aaine ka ho jaana