jag mein aa kar idhar udhar dekha
tu hi aaya nazar jidhar dekha

i came into this world and looked around
you, manifest, in every place, i found

jaan se ho gae badan khali
jis taraf tu ne aankh bhar dekha

of life and spirit, bodies were devoid
a gaze intense, wherever you deployed

nala fariyaad aah aur zari
aap se ho saka so kar dekha

wailing, pleading, lamenting and sighing
the things that i could do / i kept on trying

un labon ne na ki masihai
hum ne sau sau tarah se mar dekha

the role of jesus, those lips did not play
i tried, in hundred ways, myself to slay

zor aashiq-mizaj hai koi
'dard' ko qissa mukhtasar dekha

"he's someone who's the deeply ardent sort"
the tale of 'dard' is just this simple, short