jaur se baz aae par baz aaen kya
kahte hain hum tujh ko munh dikhlaen kya

she, even though contrite, torture cannot eschew
says" i'm ashamed, i can't, now show my face to you"

raat din gardish mein hain sat aasman
ho rahega kuchh na kuchh ghabraen kya

night and day the seven skies do perambulate
why should i as something's surely in my fate

lag ho to us ko hum samjhen lagao
jab na ho kuchh bhi to dhoka khaen kya

enmity, as affection i would have perceived
when she feels nothing why, should i be self-deceived

ho liye kyun nama-bar ke sath sath
ya rab apne khat ko hum pahunchaen kya

i now seek to go along with the messenger
o lord! should i carry my own letter to her?

mauj-e-khun sar se guzar hi kyun na jae
aastan-e-yar se uth jaen kya

what if the waves of blood now do wash over me
for this should i arise and leave her company?

umr bhar dekha kiya marne ki rah
mar gae par dekhiye dikhlaen kya

all my life, for death's advent, i did surely wait
now that i am dead lets see what i demonstrate?

puchhte hain wo ki 'ghaalib' kaun hai
koi batlao ki hum batlaen kya

she asks of everyone "who is this gaalib say?"
someone should tell me now what i should i tell her pray